Rhode Island AFL-CIO

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" LINK="#000000" ALINK="#800200" VLINK="#000000"> <bR> <div> <B>Rhode Island AFL-CIO</B><B>                                                                                                                                                                            </B></div> <div> <B> Welcome to the Rhode Island AFL-CIO web site.         <IMG SRC="05254390.gif" border=0 width="84" height="57" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="05354390.gif" border=0 width="84" height="57" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>                           </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>     </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................</B></div> <div> <B>  </B><B>                                        </B></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U><B>About Us</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News and Events"><U><B>News and Events</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="L.D.A.C."><U><B>L.D.A.C.</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><B>Links</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Executive Board"><U><B>Executive Board</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Staff"><U><B>Staff</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Legislative News"><U><B>Legislative News</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Legislative Directory"><U><B>Legislative Directory</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>    </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0033" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>  </B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>       </B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>                                                                                                                    </B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Check out the contributor article in ProJo from J. Michael Downey, President of Rhode Island Council 94, AFSCME, in News and Events.</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>      </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>                </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>  </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>A must read by Pawtucket Times Jim Baron in  </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>News and Events,</B></FONT><B> titled "Crisis is the playground of opportunists".</B></div> <div>                                                                                   </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Martin Luther King, Jr. & Labor, in News and Events.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Rhode Island AFL-CIO Executive Board Meeting schedule:</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><B>Monday, June 22nd </B></FONT><B>(</B><I><B>Note date change)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>***All meetings commence at 1PM</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                                                      </div> <div> <B>Check out the contributors article to the ProJo from AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and Rhode Island AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer George Nee regarding The Employee Free Choice Act in </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>News and Events.</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >                        </FONT></div> <bR> <div>                                                                                 </div> <div>                                                                                                                         </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>Click on logo to:</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.workingri.com/UNION_Dir_2007.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.workingri.com/UNION_Dir_2007."><U><I><B><IMG SRC="064faaa0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>                                                                </B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Check out the</B><I><B> </B></I><B>WO</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>R</B></FONT><B>K</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>I</B></FONT><B>NG </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>RI </B></FONT><B>website at </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B><A HREF="http://www.workingri.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.workingri.com"><U><B>www.wo</B></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.workingri.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.workingri.com"><U><B>r</B></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.workingri.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.workingri.com"><U><B>k</B></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.workingri.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.workingri.com"><U><B>i</B></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.workingri.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.workingri.com"><U><B>ng</B></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.workingri.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.workingri.com"><U><B>ri</B></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.workingri.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.workingri.com"><U><B>.com</B></U></A><B>.  </B></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>WO</B></FONT><B>R</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>K</B></FONT><B>I</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>NG </B></FONT><B>RI </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><B>is the largest union coalition in Rhode Island history.</B></FONT><B>                                     </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>                          </B></div> <div> <B>LaborVision </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><B>programming</B></FONT><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><B>provides topical discussions that affect all working families in our state!</B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Check out the </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>New</U></B></I></FONT><B> LaborVision schedule each and every month by </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>clicking</U></B></I></FONT><I><B><U> </U></B></I><B>on the LaborVision logo below!  </B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.rilaborinstitute.org/laborvision.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rilaborinstitute.org/laborvis"><U><B><IMG SRC="05d32320.jpg" border=0 width="50" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The AFL-CIO recently launched an exciting new communications tool: AFL-CIO Now, a unique news blog (web blog) that covers the information that matters most to working families. </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B><U>Just click on the banner below and get in!</U></B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A 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