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On Friday, April 14, over a thousand people joined the protests occupying Rhode Island School of Design’s campus in downtown Providence. These strikes, facilitated by custodians, groundskeepers, and movers, began on March 23. Supported by regional union organizers Teamsters Local 251, the strike was still ongoing this Monday. According to Antonio Suazo, a union representative […]
Students and faculty at the top-ranked art and design university have been vocal in their support of custodial, moving and groundskeeping staff
A DHL worker described one of the five arrests on the Pawtucket picket line to a local TV channel: “She got pushed to the ground, knee to her face, head on her back, another person was literally pepper sprayed in the face. I was in the mix, I got pulled out, it was horrible.”