Rhode Island School of Design faculty, staff and students joined picketing custodians, groundskeepers and movers in the Teams Local 251 union Wednesday in the largest showing of in-person support yet for an indefinite strike that began April 3.
Assembly Bill 1856 would have allowed adjuncts to teach as much as 85% of a full-time teaching load, or roughly four classes a term, a level that would qualify them for health care coverage.