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New Amistad Principal Simon Obas.
Amistad High School’s principal has placed two staffers on administrative leave pending an investigation based on complaints from students about inappropriate behavior, and two other staffers for allegedly failing to report the complaints.
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by | Oct 1, 2019 12:12 pm | Comments (7)
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Harold Brooks; Malinda Figueroa.
A senior accountant with nearly three decades of city service is challenging an engineering executive assistant with two decades on the job for the presidency of the municipal clerical workers union.
by | Sep 27, 2019 8:08 am | Comments (15)
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Firefighters fill City Hall in support of their new proposed contract.
A new city firefighter contract will cost taxpayers an extra $10 million in salary, but save money in other ways.
How much money? City officials didn’t have that answer as the proposed contract was fast-tracked to approval.
by | Sep 16, 2019 10:36 pm | Comments (8)
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City police officers listen in on the Board of Alders vote.
Alders unanimously approved a new police union contract that will grant city officers their first pay raises in over three years, and that will also cost the city around $834,000 more in annual pension contributions.
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by | Sep 14, 2019 9:14 pm | Comments (2)
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DeLauro and Pelosi at a post-event press conference.
For decades, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro of New haven has fought for a law she believes would address gender disparities in income. The latest version of the bill — known as the Paycheck Fairness Act — has been stalled for months in a Republican-dominated Senate.
Appearing together Saturday, at Gateway Community College, DeLauro and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said they haven’t given up hope, encouraged by recent legislative successes in Connecticut and a rising wave of public support.
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by | Sep 12, 2019 3:39 pm | Comments (31)
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Elicker cooling off with pineapple juice on the campaign trail outside Fair Haven’s Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.
In radio interview, primary victor speaks of need to give Harp “space” to decide on general-election run.
by | Sep 12, 2019 2:15 pm | Comments (0)
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Police officers vote to ratify the new union contract in August.
City officials and top cops grappled with whether raises and predictability will stem a “blue exodus” of officers, as a proposed new police union contract advanced to the full Board of Alders for a final vote.
by | Sep 10, 2019 6:16 pm | Comments (8)
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Corbett and Marks (center and right) pitch Wendy Clayton.
As canvassers headed toward the home stretch of Tuesday’s Democratic primary, a labor door-knocking duo converted at least one skeptical Beaver Hills resident to vote for Mayor Toni Harp through a pitch that focused on jobs, public safety, and Goffe Street Park.
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by | Sep 9, 2019 7:47 am | Comments (10)
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Maria Ferrer (right) with legal aid’s James Bhandary-Alexander.
Maria Ferrer was fired from her job cleaning a downtown laboratory building just for speaking with her colleagues about low pay and overtime abuse.
by | Sep 5, 2019 8:21 am | Comments (30)
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Lisa Mack and Carol Birks answer questions at special meeting.
Even after last year’s budget cuts slashed the teaching force, more teachers fled to other school districts this year, leaving the district’s human resources office scrambling to catch up.
by | Sep 4, 2019 11:53 am | Comments (14)
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Dennis Serfilippi (at right in photo), a Westville activist and candidate for alder, wrote the following opinion article about this news story:
(Opinion) Last month, I began receiving alerts the City was about to sign a very expensive Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with NHFD Local 825. A few days later I received a copy of the MOU, and began discussing the language with people familiar with the deal. All of the people with whom I spoke agreed the City should not have been negotiating a new deal at this time, and the agreement signed was a very expensive one for the taxpayers. All of the people with whom I spoke agreed to do so with the understanding I would not disclose their names.
by | Sep 4, 2019 11:51 am | Comments (2)
Construction & General Laborers’ Local Union No. 455 has endorsed the candidacy of Justin Elicker, who is challenging Mayor Toni Harp in a Sept. 10 mayoral primary.
by | Sep 4, 2019 7:38 am | Comments (4)
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Jorge Cabrera.
Before taking off his red tie to go knock on doors in southern Hamden, union leader and former State Senate candidate Jorge Cabrera Tuesday made what Mayor Curt Leng called a “surprise” announcement: he endorsed Leng in the Democratic Sept. 10 mayoral primary against Councilwoman Lauren Garrett.
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by | Aug 30, 2019 7:29 am | Comments (6)
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James at refurbished Retreat.
If you’re a doctor, a certified nursing aide, a nurse, culinary worker, maintenance person, or driver, Jackie James wants to see you on Sept. 10.
by | Aug 20, 2019 7:05 pm | Comments (4)
Mayoral candidate Justin Elicker picked up his first labor endorsement Tuesday, from the International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers, Local 1.
by | Aug 19, 2019 5:22 pm | Comments (22)
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Union members cast ballots on police hq’s second floor.
New police officers who retire before serving 25 years on the force will have to wait until they turn 52 years old before they can start collecting city pension benefits.
Meanwhile, officers will get long-sought raises, including retroactive overtime payments.
Continue reading ‘Cop Contract: Health Savings, 13.5% Raises’
by | Aug 15, 2019 2:55 pm | Comments (6)
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Mayor Toni Harp.
The Greater New Haven Central Labor Council has endorsed Mayor Toni Harp in her reelection bid, granting the mayor her fourth labor nod of support in two weeks.
by | Aug 13, 2019 6:46 pm | Comments (14)
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Local 34 President Laurie Kennington, carpenters union rep Ernest Pagan, Mayor Toni Harp at Tuesday afternoon’s endorsement.
One of the season’s shortest campaign events — and one of the most significant so far — took place Tuesday afternoon on College Street.
by | Aug 12, 2019 10:19 pm | Comments (5)
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Local 35 President Bob Proto and Local 34 President Laurie Kennington at rally. Below: Union members celebrate agreement.
Hundreds of local labor leaders, politicians, and rank-and-file union members filled First & Summerfield Church to celebrate the signing of a new agreement with Yale that creates over a dozen permanent job training and hiring programs targeted at New Haven residents from “neighborhoods of need.”
by | Aug 12, 2019 7:39 am | Comments (15)
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Mayor Harp accepts the endorsement from the carpenters union.
Mayor Toni Harp snagged her second labor endorsement in two days with an official letter of support from a local carpenter’s union.
Continue reading ‘Carpenters Back Harp; Bluegrass Trio Backs Elicker’
by | Aug 9, 2019 7:51 am | Comments (16)
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Luiz Casanova.
Assistant Police Chief Luiz Casanova retired and dropped a federal lawsuit against the city in return for $82,500 and a purging of his disciplinary record.
by | Aug 8, 2019 8:05 pm | Comments (5)
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32BJ marching outside City Hall.
The local branch of a national janitors, security officers, and building service employees union has endorsed Mayor Toni Harp in her reelection bid.
by | Aug 8, 2019 4:26 pm | Comments (26)
“You cannot hand out a union paper on state property,” a city parking authority staffer lied to a local Uber driver as he booted him off a Union Station sidewalk.
by | Jul 31, 2019 2:02 pm | Comments (35)
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Paula Langlois.
An argument over which parking spot and entryway an elementary-school teacher in a wheelchair is allowed to use has cost the school district hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Continue reading ‘Schools Settle Discrimination Suit For $390K’
by | Jul 25, 2019 12:25 pm | Comments (2)
A job fair at New Haven City Hall for jobs at the new Amazon fulfillment center has been pushed back a month.