RI Working Families Party

24/06/2026

RIWFP is proud to endorse Veronicka Vega for State Rep in Woonsocket's District 49!

District 49 is Woonsocket's most diverse district — and has NEVER been represented by a person of color. That changes now.

Veronicka relied on SNAP and Medicaid after her family experienced homelessness. Those programs helped her become the first in her family to graduate college. Now Trump wants to gut them, and Veronicka's running to protect them for the next kid who needs them — and to make sure our State House steps up and fights for all working families.

Woonsocket deserves a fighter who's lived it. Let's elect Veronicka Vega. 💪

23/06/2026

🌊 NEW: The Rhode Island Working Families Party is proud to endorse four bold, affordability-focused candidates for State Senate and State House!

As RI prepares for a generational shift in state leadership, our message to the new Democratic leaders in Providence is clear: working families need fighters, not caution.

Meet the slate 👇
🔹 Nelly Burdette – State Senate, District 17 (Lincoln, North Providence, North Smithfield)

Clinical psychologist & Ukrainian refugee. If elected, she'd be the first woman to represent District 17 in the RI Senate.

🔹 Gena Felix – State Senate, District 8 (Pawtucket)

Pawtucket native, nurse, and daughter of Dominican immigrants — running because no family should have to choose between rent and a doctor's visit.

🔹 Amy Santiago – State House, District 7 (Providence)

Kanien'kehá:ka and Puerto Rican social worker and educator who's spent a decade serving people experiencing homelessness. Running on rent stabilization, single-payer healthcare, and a luxury tax.

🔹 Veronicka Vega – State House, District 49 (Woonsocket)

First-gen college grad who relied on SNAP and Medicaid growing up — now fighting to protect those same programs for the next family that needs them.

These candidates are nurses, psychologists, social workers, and organizers — people who've lived the same struggles their neighbors face every day. As Trump slashes Medicaid, threatens housing assistance, and targets immigrant communities, Rhode Island needs leaders who will show up and fight back.

Working families deserve a Rhode Island where you can afford to stay in the neighborhood you grew up in, where healthcare is a right, and where a full-time job pays enough to live on. That's the fight ahead. 💪

22/05/2026

Join us—invest in schools, homes, hospitals, small business, and transit!

Thursday May 28th at 3PM
State House

17/04/2026

"Let’s do the right thing, and tax those with the highest incomes so that Rhode Island can care for its residents."

It’s tax day and this year, thanks to Donald Trump and his “Big Beautiful Bill,” his billionaire buddies will be paying less than ever. Meanwhile, those cuts increase costs for the rest of us. They mean cutting people’s access to health insurance, with $1 trillion taken out of Medicaid over ...

09/04/2026

Taxing the rich wouldn't change his life much—but it would help millions of people.

68.7K likes, 752 comments. “We talked to an NYC millionaire who wants Kathy Hochul to tax him more. He said he "wouldn't even notice" a tax increase, especially since he already got a break in the Big Beautiful Bill. Taxing the rich wouldn't change his life much—but it would help millions of peo...

02/04/2026

TONIGHT 4/2 join RI Working Families Power for a "tax the rich" themed Real Housewives of RI watch party! 8-10:30pm at Machines With Magnets. Free food, drinks for the first 30 people, trivia and bingo--all welcome! We'll hear from Senstors .kallman and about the Fair Share campaign to tax the rich and fund public services to make a RI that works for all of us, not just the richest few! More details at link in bio :)

31/03/2026

Join us THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 2 starting at 8pm at our watch party for the premier of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island! Eat, drink, mingle, and watch the first episode unfold with us while learning about our Fair Share agenda.

More details and RSVP below:

Join RI Working Families Power for an in-person party to witness the premier of "Real Housewives of Rhode Island"! Eat, drink, mingle, and watch the first episode unfold with us while learning about our Fair Share Campaign, which seeks to tax the rich in order to fund public services like RIPTA, SNA...

03/03/2026

Lawmakers are currently holding a hearing for Governor McKee's millionaire's tax. His proposal a good step, but it misses a few marks – like guaranteeing the top 1% pays a little more to fund public services while ensuring the other 99% of us don’t pay a penny more.

That's why we're fighting for the Revenue for Rhode Islanders proposal (a 3% surtax on personal income above $640,000 per year) to fund critical services like schools, early learning and child care, health care, and other services Rhode Island families rely on – especially those cut by President Trump and Congressional Republicans as a part of the H.R. 1 bill.

02/02/2026

Leaders have a choice to make: meet the needs of hardworking Rhode Islanders, or continue to leave billions of dollars on the table because we refuse to make the wealthiest people in our state pay their fair share.

With Governor McKee proposing a millionaires tax, businesses groups are pushing back and progressives are pushing for more.

30/01/2026

The Fair Share for Rhode Island Package will:
-Ensure the wealthiest 1% of Rhode Islanders pay their fair share
-Generate over $650 million in revenue
-Protect against federal cuts:
-Fund critical services (like education, housing, childcare, healthcare, SNAP, and public transit)
-Make Rhode Island more affordable for everyone, the 1% included.

"...vulnerable people are being pushed off their healthcare, while the richest people in the country enjoy new giveaways..."