Patrick Crowley
President @ Rhode Island AFL-CIO | Labor organizing, government relations
- Role
- President at Rhode Island Afl-Cio
- Location
- Providence, RI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Patrick Crowley
Patrick Crowley is the President of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO. He is a union organizer with nearly 30 years of service to the labor movement. During that time he has worked for the Teamsters, SEIU, and NEA Rhode Island. Named one of the most influential Rhode Islanders by The Providence Business News, Pat holds masters degrees in Labor Studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and History from the University of Rhode Island. In 2021, Pat helped found Climate Jobs Rhode Island, a broad and growing coalition of labor, environmental, and community partners committed to a just transition to an equitable, pro-worker, pro-climate green economy. He also serves on the boards of several organizations, including the Institute for Labor Studies and Research, the United Way of Rhode Island’s Community Advisory Board, Delta Dental of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) and the Museum of Work and Culture Foundation. In 2021, Pat published an essay in the journal “Rhode Island History” about workers organizing against racial discrimination in the workplace in Providence during WW2 and in 2022 published a book titled \"The Battle of the Gravestones and the Saylesville Massacre of 1934\" about the 1934 general textile strike. In 2024 he contributed a chapter in the book Power Lines Building a Labor–Climate Justice Movement published by The New Press. A member of the AMC’s footers club, Pat enjoys hiking throughout New England, especially in Rhode Island’s own Lincoln Woods, of which he published an interactive map, found at A father of three adult children, Pat lives in Saylesville, Rhode Island, with his wife Karen.
Experience
President
Oct 2024 — Present · Providence, RI, US
Education
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Master's degree, Labor Studies
1997
University of Rhode Island
Master's degree, History
2021
Bridgewater State University
Bachelor's degree, Philosophy
1995
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