Updated: Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:40 p.m.
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.
Marking a watershed in the unionization dispute between Yale-New Haven Hospital and the union seeking to organize workers there, an independent arbitrator has ordered the hospital to pay employees and the union $4.5 million in damages.
The hospital has to pay. The workers get a check — and not much more. The union can still argue for an card-check election, but its legal route is more unclear than ever.
The Connecticut Center for a New Economy Political Director Gwen Mills fielded questions on topics ranging from the Yale-New Haven Hospital’s recent violations of labor laws to her favorite pizza place in a Monday-night discussion with 25 students sponsored by the Yale College Democrats and the Undergraduate Organizing Committee.
