Yale Daily News

Updated: Friday, November 20, 2009 4:28 p.m.

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After decision, Y-NH pays local union $2M

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, August 29, 2008

The settlement is over. Now comes the hard part.

This month, Yale-New Haven Hospital paid $2 million to District 1199 of the Service Employees International Union as part of an arbitration deal forged after a near-decade-long battle between the two parties. In 2006, SEIU/1199 workers had tried to have a “fair” union election, but the hospital interfered, according to an independent arbitrator and the National Labor Relations Board.

The $2 million was part of an agreed $4.2-million bill independent arbitrator Margaret Kern slapped on the hospital over violations of a...

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