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NEARI Podcasts

Your news and information from NEA Rhode Island are online and in your ears! Watch on YouTube, listen in the car, on a walk, while grocery shopping - anywhere you wear your earbuds!
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Ask Larry and Mary is our podcast where former NEARI President Larry Purtill, NEARI Executive Director Mary Barden, and NEARI Communications Director Stephanie DeSilva Mandeville have conversations about public education, labor, politics, and the current events happening in Rhode Island.

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NEARI members in the delegation photo at the 2023 NEA RA.

YOU are the union.

Together, we fight to secure higher wages, safe working conditions, and dignity and respect in the workplace.

Learn how you can support your local in bargaining, protect your union rights, and strengthen your worksite.

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A labor union and professional organization.

Our Association is a remarkable blend of union and professional organization, with a proud history of serving Rhode Island. Since its inception in 1845, our members have been at the center of every struggle to advance the finest of American dreams: the promise of a quality public education for every child. One in every 100 Rhode Islanders is a member - chances are, you know us already!