Negotiations begin with subcontracting as issue
After long wait, both sides to start meeting formally
Six years ago, negotiations between Yale and its unions broke down in part because of a dispute over Yale's demand to be able to subcontract work by hiring non-union workers for jobs typically filled by union members.
In the contracts that were finally signed, 13 months and two strikes later, the University gained what many saw as a major victory -- a new provision in the Local 35 contract allowing the University to subcontract any work, effective through 2006.
As representatives from Yale and locals 34 and 35 begin negotiations today to renew the contracts for nearly...
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