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A Food Co-Op Dream, Revisited

by | Apr 19, 2017 12:31 pm | Comments (2)

Courtesy Doug Coffin

Coffin (at desk), with other original members of the co-op.

Doug Coffin loves the idea of a new food co-op in New Haven, like the one that opened in the late 1960s and closed in the 1980s. But he doubts people have the interest in putting in the time and effort that’s needed to sustain such a place” anymore.

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Judge Sides With Protester Over Cops

by | Apr 13, 2017 4:11 pm | Comments (17)

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Lugo, center, with ULA’s Joseph Foran outside court after ruling.

The megaphone that John Lugo used in front of Atticus on Chapel Street was loud. Lugo admitted that he’d turned it all the way up for maximum effect — and because it was a cheap megaphone.

Its loudness got him a ticket from a New Haven police officer. But he won’t have to pay it, thanks to a judge’s decision.

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NHFD Filling Top Ranks

by | Apr 4, 2017 12:49 pm | Comments (4)

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Firefighters respond to Beechwood Gardens kitchen fire Monday.

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Alston: Captains up next.

Ten people in the city’s fire department are moving up the ranks thanks to decisions made at Tuesday’s Fire Commission meeting, where out-of-town colleagues were also recognized for pitching in with staffing during a fallen firefighter’s funeral.

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61 Pass Sergeant Exam

by | Mar 28, 2017 3:35 pm | Comments (8)

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Asst. Chief Reyes and Officer Juan Monzon check out test results in Commission Chair James Williams’ hands.

Expected Sgt.-to-be Kendall.

The police department can now fill depleted sergeant ranks, thanks to a vote Tuesday afternoon by the Civil Service Commission.

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Mayor’s Office Pressed On Exec Raises

by | Mar 20, 2017 7:46 am | Comments (12)

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Clerkin and Melita at the start of Thursday’s hearing.

Mayor Toni Harp’s proposed budget for her office is the same as what alders approved last year. Alders still had a question: How has the adminisitration managed to raise pay for executive staff with minimal to no increase in her budget and without their approval?

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Why I Would Vote “No” If I Could

by | Feb 21, 2017 4:41 pm | Comments (3)

Albright.

(Opinion) On Thursday, approximately 300 Yale graduate students, teaching fellows in nine departments across campus, will vote on whether Local 33, a union affiliated with UNITE HERE, will represent them in contract negotiations with the University. I am not eligible to vote, because although I am pursuing a Ph.D. in the Physics department, one of the departments whose teachers are eligible to vote, I am not currently teaching in Physics. However, if I could vote, I would be voting no” on Local 33.

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Why I’m Voting For Local 33

by | Feb 21, 2017 4:36 pm | Comments (0)

Randolf.

(Opinion) Before coming to Yale in 2014, I hadn’t interacted with a union. Alabama is a right-to-work state, and graduates from my public high school who work at the Mercedes plant didn’t have a union until well after I moved north. So when an organizer with Local 33 — then GESO — came talking graduate student union, I was skeptical. In the three years since, including two years spent organizing friends and colleagues in the History Department, I’ve come to see the promise of forming a union to make Yale a better place for graduate teachers and workers across New Haven.

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Yale Workers Approve 5-Year Pact

by , and | Jan 19, 2017 11:24 am | Comments (14)

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Local 34’s Ford.

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“Yale’s a good job”: 35’s Olson & Tarka after the vote:

The crowd at the Shubert Theater Wednesday night extended the run of a popular local drama — Labor Peace Comes To Yale — by five years, as workers unanimously approved a new contract with increased job security, preserved medical and pension benefits, and modest wage increases.

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Outreach Workers Blast Needle Exchange Transfer

by | Jan 14, 2017 7:07 pm | Comments (4)

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Dismissed needle exchange veterans Myers and Bucheli.

There won’t be the same one-on-one attention. Or the same compassionate touch. And the benefits to the city at large — like picking up needles from parks — will be far less. And it’s a short-sighted thing to be doing in the midst of an opiate crisis.

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