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Union supporters at a Nov. 30 contract rally.
It appears 2017 is starting out as a year of labor peace in New Haven, as Yale University and its unions reached a tentative deal on a new five-year contract.
by | Jan 5, 2017 1:06 pm | Comments (2)
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Lts. Jones & Narcisse make their pitch.
More than 230 New Haven public-school graduates descended the staircase at the Payne Whitney Gym, looking for the match that could help spell a promising future.
by | Jan 4, 2017 9:13 am | Comments (4)
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COO Clark: Pact saves money, keeps district competitive.
School administrators and the Board of Education have struck a deal that will provide modest salary increase for administrators while saving the city money on medical benefits.
by | Dec 2, 2016 8:20 am | Comments (7)
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Protesters urges passersby to boycott Atticus Bookstore/Cafe.
Fresh off more victories, activists against wage theft put local businesses on notice that when they fight for workers rights they win.
Continue reading ‘Wage Theft Activists Celebrate Victories With Protest’
by | Dec 1, 2016 2:54 pm | Comments (1)
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Smith and Wyrtzen.
A couple of New Haven coders — one from Austin, another homegrown — have put their heads together to make it easier for citizens to report problems and communicate with each other about them from their phones.
by | Dec 1, 2016 9:10 am | Comments (4)
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As union contract negotiations intensified at Yale, hundreds of workers jammed City Hall’s atrium to demonstrate their strength — and held their fire at the university.
Could that mean labor peace is returning to New Haven’s largest employer?
by | Nov 30, 2016 3:08 pm | Comments (11)
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Chief Alston at fire headquarters.
The fire department has chipped away at nettlesome overtime costs by instituting a new rule allowing firefighters to work up to 38 hours in a row at straight pay.
by | Nov 29, 2016 9:01 am | Comments (26)
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Superintendent Mayo: Worried more about next year.
The school district is facing a $4.6 million deficit in its current budget — one it is confident can tackle — but it is concerned about a bigger, scarier deficit looming next year.
by | Nov 25, 2016 10:53 am | Comments (0)
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EMERGE crew members Jamal Watts, Charles Wilkerson and William Tisdale plant trees on Long Wharf last week.
“On half of you I see this angry bullshit on your face.”
by | Nov 22, 2016 9:16 am | Comments (11)
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Bus drivers Marlon and Tamika Fernandez.
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Alleged attacker on bus.
Election Day may have been rough for a lot of people, but few had it as bad as CT Transit driver Tamika Walker-Fernandez — after a violent passenger refused to get off her bus.
Walker-Fernandez had driven a bus for eight years without incident. But when the passenger boarded her D bus on Dixwell Avenue between Lake Place and Bristol Street, she experienced terror.
by | Nov 21, 2016 1:06 pm | Comments (3)
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A 2015 protest outside Thai Taste.
The state Department of Labor agreed with New Haven immigrant-rights demonstrators that a downtown restaurateur was ripping off his workers.
Continue reading ‘Thai Taste Owner Ordered To Pay $36K In Back Wages’
by | Nov 17, 2016 2:22 pm | Comments (2)
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With a clock ticking down on negotiations on a new contract, hundreds of unionized Yale clerical and technical workers marched to the university president’s doorstep Wednesday evening.
Continue reading ‘Local 34 Marches As Contracts Talks Hit Key Stretch’
by | Nov 15, 2016 8:13 am | Comments (8)
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Mayo (at right in photo) with board members Coral Ortiz and Che Dawson.
The public schools are losing eight teachers to resignations and retirement in November and December — which raised the question of whether that’s a cause for concern.
by | Nov 4, 2016 8:12 am | Comments (3)
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Strain went from welfare to work thanks to help from HOPE.
Hazel Strain was matter of fact about the state of her life almost 20 years ago. She was a single mother of three, trying to survive in a one-bedroom apartment.
She also was about to be pushed off the public assistance rolls because of a then new federal requirement that she get a job to keep receiving benefits.
Continue reading ‘Employment Program Celebrates 20 Years Of Hope’
by | Nov 3, 2016 8:10 am | Comments (3)
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At Photo Booth Day, art student Jenny Tang memorialized a message about democracy.
by | Oct 31, 2016 6:01 pm | Comments (4)
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Paula Curry and Larry Dorman at 50 Fitch St.
Parole officers are calling on the state Department of Administrative Services (DAS) to move them out of a New Haven office building that they claim is making them sick.
by | Oct 28, 2016 8:15 am | Comments (1)
The executive director of New Haven’s crusading legal aid agency is stepping down, and the agency is looking for a new leader.
by | Oct 27, 2016 3:29 pm | Comments (0)
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Sciulli: Everything has changed.
With a Dec. 1 deadline looming, local nonprofits are changing how they operate to comply with a new federal overtime rule.
by | Oct 27, 2016 8:23 am | Comments (20)
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Rhodes: “I asked her to sign it.”
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Smart: “It’s accountability.”
Did New Haven’s longstanding deputy city clerk end up suspended and under investigation because she consciously went around her boss to sign a $500 invoice he wouldn’t?
Or did she merely follow a routine request to sign a form she was authorized to sign?
The invoice.
by | Oct 16, 2016 4:58 pm | Comments (4)
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Adams demonstrates the “Flatland” at Devil’s Gear.
In a couple of deft motions, Jake Adams, the new reigning bike-repair champ around these parts, took off a back tire, tugging out the inflated inner tube with the help of a bright yellow plastic lever.
by | Sep 29, 2016 1:41 pm | Comments (7)
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Poindexter with city Building Official Jim Turcio.
The Harp administration Thursday notified department heads that state labor department has determined that city officials violated the Municipal Employee Relations Act by “harassing and retaliating” against city management union President Cherlyn Poindexter and the bargaining unit.
by | Sep 27, 2016 1:35 pm | Comments (0)
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Torre, Caraballo and harp at Monday’s meeting.
The Board of Education has voted to approve a tentative agreement with the New Haven Federation of Teachers to extend its contract for a year.
Continue reading ‘Ed Board Approves 1-Year Teacher Contract Extension’
by | Sep 15, 2016 8:42 am | Comments (33)
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Grad students Kelly Goodman, Julia Powers, Greenberg, Alyssa Battistoni outside court Wednesday.
Hartford — Columbia’s graduate student teachers may be “employees,” but their counterparts at Yale aren’t.
So argued Yale lawyers in a windowless hearing room here as the fate of a 26-year-old drive for a union election headed to a legal climax.
by | Sep 12, 2016 11:47 am | Comments (1)
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206 Wallace St., the shut down site.
The principal of a Wallace Street construction site is contesting $65,000 in federal fines levied for allegedly failing to protect workers from asbestos exposure.
Continue reading ‘Work Site Hit With 17 Asbestos Violations’
by | Aug 29, 2016 5:40 pm | Comments (19)
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Ramesh: Victory “feels more possible” now.
While preparing to lead a class on democracy in India this semester, Hari Ramesh took time out to join his fellow graduate students Monday in seeking to bring democracy to New Haven.