Yale and UNITE HERE Agree on Three-year Contracts Nine Months Early

by E Wayne Ross on April 16, 2009

Yale U OPR: Yale and UNITE HERE Agree on Three-year Contracts Nine Months Early

UNITE HERE President John Wilhelm, Yale President Richard C. Levin, Local 34 President Laura Smith and Local 35 President Robert Proto announce tentative agreement on new labor contracts.

New Haven, Conn. — Yale University and UNITE HERE Locals 34 and 35, the two major unions representing Yale employees, have agreed on new three-year contracts more than nine months before the expiration of their current contracts. The new agreements will take effect January 2010 and cover 3,400 clerical and technical employees in Local 34 and more than 1,200 service and maintenance employees in Local 35.