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children’s orthodontic benefit available now!

In our recent settlement with Yale, we negotiated an additional feature to our dental benefits: orthodontic coverage for children under 19 years old. This new rider provides payment of 50% of charges for orthodontic care, up to a lifetime…
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Leader spotlight: yvonne evans, on her loa

My name is Yvonne Evans, I'm a Medical Assistant and I've been working in the Department of Neurology in the Yale Physicians Building (YPB) for 10 years.   Now, I'm out on a 6-month Leave of Absence from my department. I'm spending…
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Summer Training / Long Service / Smilow Visits 33 Wall Street

2017 Summer Training Kickoff Event It's back! Our very successful program, now bolstered by a $75,000 budget that we negotiated in our contract, will run from June 6 to August 2. Course registration will open on May 15, through the Training…
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Contract Education and Local 33 Update

Contract Education Meetings Thousands of Local 34 members have participated in conversations about our new contract! Across campus we have been having informal contract education caucuses. These meetings, usually during a lunch hour,…
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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…
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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…