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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Rhode Island Newsletter for Sunday December 04, 2022 ( 2 items )  

American Maritime Partnership: Jones Act Waiver Would Not Reduce New England's Energy Costs This Winter
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (TNSgov) -- The American Maritime Partnership issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2022, and a letter: * * * The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the domestic maritime industry, today sent a letter to Governors Charles Baker (Massachusetts), Ned Lamont (Connecticut), Janet T. Mills (Maine), Chris Sununu (New Hampshire), Dan McKee (Rhode Island) and Phil Scott (Vermont) to address calls for blanket Jones Act waivers to New England. Excerpt from the  more

Teamsters Vote to Authorize Strike at Rhode Island School of Design
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 1 (TNSuni) -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2022: Teamsters Local 251 members working as custodians, groundskeepers, and movers at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) have voted to authorize a strike by a 95 percent margin. "These brave men and women are joining tens of thousands of other university workers all across the country who are standing up and demanding that their employers stop acting like  more