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Hilton and Renaissance hotel workers fight to unionize
Over a hundred people organized a picket line in the cold and slush outside the Hilton Hotel in downtown Providence Tuesday evening to demand that The Procaccianti Group begin treating their employees...
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Adrienne Jones says she was fired from Providence Hilton for supporting union...
Adrienne Jones says she was fired from her job at the Providence Hilton for supporting the effort of her colleagues to form a union. She’s a lifelong Providence native and a graduate of Hope High...
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Hilton employees say at least two have been fired for supporting union
Adrienne Jones isn’t the only one. According to a press release from Unite Here Local 217 two people have been fired from the Hilton Hotel in Providence for supporting an effort to form a union and...
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Hotel, fast food workers stand up for rights in RI
There’s a bit of low-wage worker uprising happening here in Rhode Island. Hilton Providence employees are holding an action to support their coworkers who were they say were fired for speaking out...
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Workers demand human rights at Hilton Providence
The first thing I noticed as I approached the Hilton Providence on Friday evening was the rented U-Haul truck parked conspicuously between the sidewalk where unionizing workers were staging their...
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Krystle Martin: Another single mom union organizer fired by Hilton Providence
Krystle Martin is the third leader of the unionization effort at the Hilton Providence to lose her job. Last week Bob Plain ran a piece detailing how two leaders of the unionization effort at the...
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PVD City Council considers hotel minimum wage bill tonight
As the Procaccianti Group moves ahead with plans for a new hotel in downtown Providence, employees at another one of its downtown hotels will take their fight for fair wages to the City Council...
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Hotel workers still fighting for $15
Just in case anyone forgot, the hotel workers at the Providence Renaissance are still working for fair wages, decent treatment and a union. The Procaccianti Group still refuses to negotiate with the...
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Renaissance employee suffers heart attack during firing
Marino Cruz, December 11 Update: There will be a Rally for Marino 6:30pm Wednesday outside the Renaissance Providence Hotel, 5 Avenue of the Arts, Providence. See the link for details. Marino Cruz, a...
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After 7 years, Housekeepers at Renaissance Providence Hotel have union contracts
Housekeeping employees at the Renaissance Providence Hotel in downtown Providence voted 25-1 to ratify their first union contract yesterday. “We are proud of our partnership with the Procaccianti...
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