HOW WE WIN!

The Local 34 Organizing Committee in the Medical School The heart of our union is our Organizing Committee, hundreds of Local 34 members who volunteer their time to make sure our union is successful.The committee gathered on August…

A Brief History of Local 34’s Seven Contracts

Over the last 13 years we've worked out a very successful partnership with Yale that has relied on a mutual understanding that if we work together, we can resolve our issues peacefully to the benefit of both us and the University.Since…

OUR HEALTH CARE BENEFITS

Health care drives most of the cost of our benefits. Yet, many of us pay no premium and get our care at Yale Health. Across the country heath care costs are skyrocketing. Yale has signaled for years now that as these costs rise, they would…

Yale University Hires Non-Union C&Ts!

While the University is using Hospital cuts in funding to justify layoffs across the Medical School, it is hiring non-union C&Ts in Branford, Guilford, and Stamford. Yale University has created a for-profit subsidiary called Medical…

Bargaining Update

Dear Fellow Local 34 Members,In keeping with the vote at our December Membership Meeting, job security has been our first priority in bargaining. We submitted full job protection language to Yale in April, but did not receive a counterproposal…

Local 35 and Local 34 Stand Together to Protect Our Jobs

As we continue fighting for real job security language in our next contract, we are deeply appreciative of the solidarity of our brothers and sisters in Local 35. Together, our two unions are making it our first priority to ensure…

Medical School Layoff Update

As of today there have been 18.5 layoffs in the Medical School, many fewer than Yale threatened in the spring.​Layoffs have taken place in the following departments: two in Dermatology, three and a half in OB/GYN (one position was cut…

Local 34 Members in the Central/Science Area Ask for Department Heads’ Support in Taking on Provost’s Budget Cuts

Union members across the Central/Science Area have circulated a letter asking our department heads to join us in calling on Provost Polak to stop actions that…