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children’s orthodontic benefit available now!

In our recent settlement with Yale, we negotiated an additional feature to our dental benefits: orthodontic coverage for children under 19 years old. This new rider provides payment of 50% of charges for orthodontic care, up to a lifetime…

Leader spotlight: yvonne evans, on her loa

My name is Yvonne Evans, I'm a Medical Assistant and I've been working in the Department of Neurology in the Yale Physicians Building (YPB) for 10 years.   Now, I'm out on a 6-month Leave of Absence from my department. I'm spending…
Union History 10 Week Strike
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Did you know?

Just over 30 years ago, Clerical and Technical employees at Yale didn't have a union, which means we didn't have pay equality for women and men, we didn't have our incredible health benefits, and our pension left us in poverty. Everything…

changing lives

Our international union, UNITE HERE, is proud to be the fastest growing private sector union in the AFL-CIO. At our last convention in 2014 we set a goal to organize 10,000 new members per year to hit a total of 50,000 lives changed by…

Key Leaders Organizing Retreat

In September Key Leaders from across campus gathered for an organizing retreat to discuss how to build the committee to enforce our contract. Coming off of our contract fight, we know that we need to get back to basics! We discussed how…
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supporting our sisters and brothers in puerto rico

Our UNITE HERE sister union Local 610 represents 2,000 workers in four hotels in Puerto Rico, two of which have been shut down permanently after Hurricane Maria. In the wake of this devastation, our international has negotiated with…
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Another YNHH to C&T Conversion!

Nearly four years ago, Local 34 filed the first grievance in our fight to stop our jobs from becoming non-union Hospital jobs. Local 34 work was being posted as Yale-New Haven Hospital work, and we were losing positions. Karen Salinas…
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TEN NEW C&TS IN YALE MEDICINE

We know that Yale Medicine has been growing rapidly over the last several years. The department is now the primary provider of care for many in our region. With all of this growth, the department has begun restructuring in several areas. In…