[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] From left, Richard Miller, steward for Local UFCW 328, and John Ardente, a grocery clerk, at the 2470 Warwick Ave. Stop & Shop strike Tuesday.

Stop & Shop Strike May Cut Sales Long-Term

By: Rob Borkowski on April 18, 2019 in Business

Editor’s note: This article has been updated with information from Stop & Shop on health care deductibles offered to employees by the company. WARWICK —Last week, United Food and Commercial […]

Verizon Strikers Among 39,000 Nationwide Protesting Job Security Impasse

By: Rob Borkowski on April 14, 2016 in News to You

About 15 Verizon workers striking outside the company’s Warwick Commons store on Bald Hill Road Wednesday were among 39,000 members of Local UBEW and CWA protesting call center outsourcing and mandated work two months away from their homes Wednesday.

About 25 demonstrators gathered at the Wendy's at 771 Warwick Ave., Warwick to call for a $15 minimum wage for fast food workers May 15.

Marchers Take “Fight for 15” to Warwick Wendy’s

By: Rob Borkowski on May 15, 2014 in All Politics Are Local, Business, News to You, Uncategorized

About 25 demonstrators chanted and marched through the drive-through at Wendy’s at 771 Warwick Ave. during lunch today, part of a multi-national campaign calling for higher wages and union organization for fast food workers.