State agency wonât reveal number of victims of unemployment insurance fraud
Department of Labor and Training rejects union request for number of state residents and state employees affected
By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated February 9, 2021, 6:18 p.m.
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Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training building in Cranston, R.I.Courtesy of the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training
PROVIDENCE â The state Department of Labor and Training is refusing to say how many state residents and how many state employees have been victims of unemployment insurance fraud.
Matthew Gunnip, president of SEIU Local 580 - Rhode Island Alliance of Social Service Employees, asked for those two figures on Jan. 21.