If you claim that your unemployment is due to the Corona virus problem, you can have the one week wait waived. They are waiving the week wait for people who work for Local 23

To make an  initial Rhode Island unemployment claim, or start a new claim: https://dlt.ri.gov/ui/index.php

 To re-certify your current weekly claim:   https://uionline.dlt.ri.gov/

A Frequently Asked Questions page at  RI Unemployment: https://dlt.ri.gov/faq/