By Vending Market Watch February 17, 2020 Pushes for pay increases continue as more and more states have considered legislation to raise their minimum wages, including Vermont, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina and Rhode Island, to varying results. Ranstad US released a report last month detailing American workers’ perception of their wages of the Randstad 2020 Read More
By Rachel Thatcher February 14, 2020 Rhode Island appears poised to raise the state’s minimum wage. The state House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday night to raise the minimum wage to $11.50 an hour on Oct. 1. The hourly rate is currently set at $10.50. The state Senate approved a bill last week to raise Read More
By Jennifer McDermott, Jan. 7, 2020 Religious leaders in Rhode Island asked the state’s politicians Tuesday to pass bills this year to address poverty. Members of the Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty marched to the Statehouse and gathered in the rotunda, prior to the opening of the new legislative session. Rabbi Michelle Dardashti, Read More
