Arielle Levin Becker
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Course evaluations merit time
There is an old adage about elections -- if you don't vote, you don't count. Though the scope may be different, the same could be said about filling out end-of-term course evaluations. Over the next few weeks, as e-mails from the registrar's office...
Kessler to leave for California
Med school dean, former FDA commissioner to lead UCSF medical school
School of Medicine Dean David Kessler will leave July 1 to become dean of the University of California-San Francisco's school of medicine, UCSF Chancellor J. Michael Bishop announced last week. Yale President Richard Levin will appoint a search...
Unions engage in civil disobedience
Hundreds arrested after blocking traffic
Nearly 800 union members and supporters locked arms and blocked access to College Street yesterday afternoon as part of a planned act of civil disobedience. Union supporters wearing "Stand up for change at Yale" signs lined the street as the...
Unions plan mass civil disobedience
Workers, supporters to block traffic
In an event organizers have likened to the protests of Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi, more than 700 union members and supporters plan to block traffic today at the intersection of College and Elm streets as part of a planned act of civil...
Levin, union leaders spar outside office
Hospital workers and union organizers gathered outside Woodbridge Hall Thursday afternoon as Yale President Richard Levin and union leaders exchanged pointed words over unionization, charges of harassment and labor law. The altercation followed an...
Future of negotiations uncertain
Move by unions not to cancel contracts leaves many possible outcomes
When union leaders passed up the opportunity this week to cancel contracts for next month, many University officials, workers and other observers said they were surprised. With frequent talk of an October strike, many University officials and workers...
Bargaining resumes with public discord
A day after extending contracts for another month, union and University negotiators returned to the bargaining table Tuesday to discuss non-economic issues that remain unresolved after seven months of bargaining. Union leaders said they were frustrated...
Unions agree not to cancel contracts
In surprise move, unions opt not to cancel contracts, averting strike -- for now
Despite talk of an October strike, the contracts for 4,000 workers in locals 34 and 35 were automatically extended through Oct. 31 after the deadline to cancel the contracts this month passed Monday. Because the contracts contain "no strike, no...
Teach-in presents unions' case
With talk of fall strikes by Yale's unions growing daily, more than 70 students attended a teach-in on labor issues Thursday night, presented by an undergraduate group connected with the .unions. Last night's teach-in featured a member of the Local...
Yale, unions return to bargaining table
Negotiations enter 7th month
Yale and union negotiators returned to the bargaining table Thursday, following a monthlong recess and increases in public hostilities on both sides. At the negotiations, union leaders presented their plans for labor-management cooperation and best...