by | Apr 25, 2019 12:44 pm | Comments (4)
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Jorge Cabrera rallies strikers.
As Stop & Shop workers prepare to vote on a new contract, their local strike leader credited customers and others in the community for helping produce a ringing labor victory.
by | Apr 22, 2019 2:54 pm | Comments (20)
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Stop & Shop worker Leyda McKay (with husband Mike): “Ecstatic.”
Empty shelves in the newly reopened Stop & Shop.
A just-ended strike cost Stop & Shop up to $50 million as well as possible customers — which may cost its union as well.
So warns a retail analyst who monitored the dramatic 11-day walkout.
by | Apr 22, 2019 7:37 am | Comments (3)
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An 11-day strike of Stop & Shop workers appeared to have paid off Sunday after the grocery chain’s parent company and strikers crafted an agreement that will reopen the stores back Monday.
by | Apr 17, 2019 10:44 pm | Comments (6)
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Richard Trumka with Amity Stop & Shop strikers.
Strikers jeer shopper crossing picket line.
Strikers picketing the Amity Stop & Shop were told Wednesday night that they represent the American labor movement, by someone who should know — because he leads that movement.
by | Apr 17, 2019 4:19 pm | Comments (10)
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As Jorge Cabrera greeted his striking workers at the Hamden Stop & Shop, one asked about her pay from the previous week.
Will they have the checks tomorrow? she asked.
They should, replied Cabrera. But if you run into any trouble, give me a call.
by | Apr 17, 2019 12:16 pm | Comments (40)
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Superintendent Birks.
I apologize, Superintendent Carol Birks typed late on Sunday night.
She emailed that to the person whom she’d offered a job two months ago as the district’s chief financial officer, only to rescind the offer.
by | Apr 17, 2019 12:14 pm | Comments (1)
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Union veep Philip Priore leafletting on Grove Street.
Yale police finally have a contract. Yale’s security officers took to the streets to demand the same.
Continue reading ‘Yale Security Officers Protest Contract Impasse’
by | Apr 16, 2019 11:26 pm | Comments (10)
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Amity Stop & Shop strikers during picket duty Tuesday.
Manganello and St. Clair.
Personal stories from the picket line.
by | Apr 16, 2019 7:48 am | Comments (6)
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Colon being escorted into the aldermanic chambers Monday night.
New Haven is a majority-minority city where being a person of color can make finding a job that pays a living wage elusive, and an affordable safe place to live non-existent.
But the city is making strides toward changing that, even if that takes time.
by | Apr 16, 2019 7:38 am | Comments (1)
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Sean Matteson with Newhallville Alder Delphine Clyburn after she and: Still no sale.
Mayor Toni Harp is once again asking the Board of Alders to consider allowing Sean Matteson to stay on as her permanent chief administrative officer (CAO).
by | Apr 16, 2019 7:29 am | Comments (5)
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AFSCME Council 4 President Jody Barr and AFT Connecticut President Jan Hochadel.
Donated donuts, cups of coffee, and bags of chips sat on a table behind a crowd of striking Stop & Shop workers in Hamden Monday afternoon as two unions came through with another donation: a total of $5,000 to the fund that will help them get through the strike without pay.
Continue reading ‘AFSCME, Teachers Donate $5K To Stop & Shop Strikers’
by | Apr 16, 2019 7:28 am | Comments (3)
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Mayor Harp on the picket line supporting Stop & Shop strikers.
New Haven Mayor Toni Harp called President Trump’s bluff Monday.
by | Apr 15, 2019 4:42 pm | Comments (6)
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In one hand he had his cell phone, with mom on the line for shopping advice. In the other hand was a handout with a Westville rabbi’s admonition against crossing a picket line to buy food for the Feast of Freedom. His basket was empty.
There David stood amid walls of macaroons, white fish, and grape juice in Aisle 13 of the Amity Stop & Shop, pondering the fifth question added to this year’s traditional Passover four questions: To buy? Or not to buy?
Continue reading ‘Let My Matzah Go: Stop & Shop Purchases Deemed Not Kosher For Passover’
by | Apr 13, 2019 4:00 pm | Comments (6)
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Helen Powell and John Carlos outside Stop & Shop on Saturday.
Veronica Cue, Cynthia Hogan, and Allison Bryant on the picket line.
John Carlos walked to the Whalley Avenue Stop & Shop to pick up a few steaks.
He left without food in hand, but with a new appreciation for the pension, healthcare, and salary needs of the store’s striking employees.
by | Apr 12, 2019 4:25 pm | Comments (12)
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Mayor Harp to striker Helen Powell: “I’m here to help.”
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Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz joins the picket line.
Top elected officials headed to Stop & Shop Friday — not to buy groceries, but to support workers who succeeded in closing supermarket business in the second day of a strike.
by | Apr 11, 2019 5:00 pm | Comments (30)
Germain Blake, who works in the meat department.
Stop & Shop workers in New Haven and Hamden marched off the job Thursday at 12:40 p.m., joining over 30,000 fellow strikers throughout the region in search of a new contract.
by | Apr 10, 2019 7:56 am | Comments (2)
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The old Von Roll factory at Chapel Street and Blatchley Avenue.
The owners of the former Von Roll factory building on Chapel Street in Fair Haven are seeking a special exception from the Board of Zoning Appeals that will allow their business to operate and bring 50 new jobs to an industrial zone.
Continue reading ‘New Fair Haven Factory Owner Seeks Zoning Exception’
by | Apr 8, 2019 3:16 pm | Comments (28)
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Voters waiting four hours to cast ballots. Jackie James (below).
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Jackie James, a former city small-business chief, has returned to a short-term government post to help New Haven’s voting registrars avoid more Election Day headaches.
Continue reading ‘Jackie James Hired To Tackle Election Mess’
by | Apr 5, 2019 12:07 pm | Comments (1)
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At-Large Reps. Jim Pascarella and Lauren Garrett.
$2.1 million from Quinnipiac. $2.5 million in union concessions and attrition savings. $340,000 in electrical permits.
Some say those numbers are too optimistic, even “inflated.” Others say that optimism is warranted — even necessary — and par for the course.
Continue reading ‘Optimistic Revenue Projections Questioned’
by | Apr 4, 2019 4:14 pm | Comments (0)
Yale-New Haven Hospital and the hospital’s cafeteria workers union have signed a new five-year contract that extends through 2023.
Continue reading ‘YNHH, SEIU Sign New Food Workers Contract’
by | Apr 4, 2019 1:11 pm | Comments (4)
Hamden PD
As Hamden grapples with how to cover tens of millions in debt and pension obligations in its new budget, a few touchy and difficult-to-change budget line items have come under the Legislative Council’s scrutiny: police overtime, extra duty, and comp time.
Continue reading ‘Council Questions Cop Comp Time, Overtime’
by | Apr 1, 2019 2:41 pm | Comments (17)
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Line for storm relief, before welfare office closed.
A building that for decades doled out welfare to Newhallville would be reborn as a laundry where workers build wealth, under a plan hatched by the city.
by | Mar 29, 2019 7:39 am | Comments (12)
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Asst. Chief Herb Johnson addressing the press during last August’s K2 overdoses.
The New Haven state’s attorney’s office is starting to resemble the third floor of 1 Union Ave.
That’s because Assistant Police Chief Herb Johnson is retiring to take a job as an inspector in the state’s attorney’s office.
by | Mar 28, 2019 7:58 am | Comments (32)
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Officer Jason Bandy at Wednesday night’s termination hearing.
Officer Bandy, without make-up.
A trio of face tattoos nearly cost Officer Jason Bandy his job — but now a tube of makeup might help him make up with the chiefs who sought to kick him off the force.
by | Mar 25, 2019 12:40 pm | Comments (15)
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Sean Matteson with Newhallville Alder Dephine Clyburn after she and colleagues voted down his appointment.
Mayor Toni Harp’s chief administrative officer (CAO) has decided not to be a permanent “acting” boss.