Teamsters Local 251 Urges Full Senate
Passage of Senate Bill 2785
PROVIDENCE, R.I.,
April 25,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rhode Island Senate
Committee on Labor yesterday passed Teamsters-endorsed legislation,
Senate Bill 2785, which would ban employers from forcing workers to
attend captive audience meetings. Employers frequently use captive
audience meetings to disseminate anti-union propaganda and deter
workers from organizing.
"Workers deserve the right to clock in, do their job, and clock
out without being subjected to anti-union misinformation sessions
by their employer," said Matt Taibi,
Secretary-Treasurer of Local 251 and Teamsters Eastern Region
International Vice President. "The Teamsters are grateful to
Senators LaMountain and Bissaillon for introducing this important
piece of legislation and to the members of the Senate Committee on
Labor for referring it to a full Senate vote."
In the 2023 legislative session, Local 251 supported the
introduction of the bill, which was then passed by the full
state Senate, but ultimately never made it out of the state House
Committee on Labor.
"We encourage the Senate to pass this bill swiftly—and we ask
members of the House to follow in their footsteps," Taibi
added.
If passed and signed into law, Rhode
Island would join Oregon,
Connecticut, Minnesota, Maine, New
York, and Washington in
banning mandatory attendance at captive audience meetings.
Teamsters Local 251 represents more than 6,300 workers in a wide
variety of industries throughout Rhode
Island and southeastern Massachusetts. For more information, go
to TeamstersLocal251.org.
Contact:
Matt Taibi, (401) 434-0454
x227
mtaibi@teamster.org
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