PROVIDENCE In 2019, the private company staffing the state-subsidized Rhode Island Convention Center and the Dunkin Donuts Center paid $11.8 million to 858 people, including five who share the last name of the Laborers International Union general secretary-treasurer Armand E. Sabitoni.
The list includes Kathleen Masino, the wife of Sabitoni s second in command, LIUNA Vice President and Assistant New England Regional Manager Vincent R. Masino, as the $111,855-a-year director of food and beverage operations.
In fact, the first-ever release of the payroll of this quasi-public arm of state government is a who s who of sons, nephews, in-laws and others who share the family names of key players in the labor movement, past and present: