Protest March For Tipped Workers On June 2

On Tuesday, June 2, 2015, Restaurant Opportunity Center of Rhode Island, in collaboration with Rhode Island Jobs With Justice, will hold a protest march to the State House called '20 Years Is Long Enough!'  Beginning at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, located at 15 Hayes Street in Providence, the protest is intended to bring attention to the plight of tipped workers in Rhode Island.  As of this writing, it has been two decades since the minimum wage for laborers on such income has been adjusted, with the current wage at $2.89 per hour.  In a statement issued via email today, one such worker said

The industry teaches servers that we are worth less. We are not paid as professionals with a skill but are instead made to curry favor with whoever we can in order to scrape together a living...  How am I supposed to stand up for myself when the customer who sexually harasses me pays 68% of my hourly wage?  

Parties interested in further details or registration can do so here.

Rhode Island Sierra Club To Hold The "Environment is Everyone's Business" Rally

On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 (rain date June 11), the Rhode Island chapter of the Sierra Club will be holding a rally on the South Lawn of the State House from 5 to 7 PM.  Featuring musical performances by the Eastern Medicine Singers and a host of community artists, the rally will feature keynote speaker Dr. Michael K. Dorsey.  

With a B.S. and Ph.D. in Natural Resources and Environmental Policy from the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, as well as a Master of Forest Science from Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and an M.A. in Anthropology from The Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Dorsey has been active for over twenty years in a variety of causes related to ecological and environmental policy, including work for the first Obama Presidential campaign, the EPA's National Advisory Committee, and leadership in the national Sierra Club.  He is considered an expert on the topic of sustainability and implementation of environmentally-sound infrastructure policies on the government level, as well as maintaining a study on the inter-connections between financial instruments and the environmental.  He now serves as an advisor at the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service.
For more information, interested parties can visit the following:

• FaceBook Event Page
• E-Mail Event Organizer Robert Malin
• Contact Via Telephone at 401-497-7419