Who We Are
As a union, we work for:
A voice in the workplace
We build unity in our workplace so that we can speak together with a strong voice.
Respect and opportunities
We negotiate contracts to create the best possible working conditions and secure great wages and benefits.
Fairness
We represent members on issues that matter to them and advocate to improve conditions for all working people in New Haven and beyond.
We are over 4,000 University employees who come from all over New Haven, Connecticut, and the world. Some of us are in our first jobs at Yale; others have built careers over decades at the University. Eighty percent of us are women. We perform a wide variety of administrative, library, research and clinical work across the University. Over the past 30 years, we have won respect for our work, significant improvements in pay and promotional opportunities, ensured the security of our jobs through the Interim Employment Pool, and maintained excellent and affordable health care options.
Local 34 Officers & Staff
- Lisa Stevens — President
- Jenn Garcia — Secretary-Treasurer
- Melanie Guerrera — Vice President - Medical Area
- Sheila O'Toole — Vice President - Medical Area
- Ellen Cupo — Vice President - Central Area
- Wanda Ferreira — Recording Secretary
- Adam Marchand — Chief Steward
- Azaria McClure — Chief Steward
- Barbara Vereen — Chief Stweard & Staff Director
- Avani Mehta — Elected Organizer
- Ian Dunn — Elected Organizer & Communications Director
- Celesta Kearney — Staff Organizer
- Sara Giovanniello — Staff Organizer
- Erica Alston — Job Search Team
- Gloria Timpko — Job Search Team
- Eddie Camp — Research Director
- Anne Schwartz — Researcher
- Eleazar Lanzot — Communications
Executive Board
- Laura Callery — Yale Center for British Art
- Arthur Greiser — Yale FAS-SEAS AV
- Hubert Berkeley — Collection Maintenance
- Jenn Garcia — Library Technical Services
- Cecillia Chu — Beinecke Library
- Ellen Cupo — Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Shannon Casanova — Law School
- Renee Reed — Judiac Studies
- Luz Miranda — Business Operations
- Fran Spadacenta — Development
- Jennifer Ongley — Physics
- Becky DeAngelo — Peabody
- Teretha Brooks — Yale Health
- Mark Nettelton — Yale Health
- Jo-Ann Dziuba — ITSUCC Unified Comm and Collaboration
- Lorraine Skibitcky — Human Resources
- Shivhan Allen — Cardiology
- Dana Greene — School of Public Health
- Bernadette Alicia — Cancer Center Clinical
- Wanda Ferreira — YM Billing and Coding
- Erica Alston — YM Clinical Affairs YPB
- Melanie Guerrera — Ophthalomolgy
- Rod Storer — YARC
- Robert Monaco — YARC
- Sheila O'Toole — Surgery
- Mark Dias — Radiology
Union office
Local 34-UNITE HERE!425 College Street, 2nd Floor
New Haven, CT 06511
Contact us for general inquiries.