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Yale University Unions Threaten Second Strike as Students Return for Fall.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, July, 2003

By Kim Martineau, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 31--NEW HAVEN, Conn.--Thousands of unionized workers at Yale University are threatening to strike a second time as students arrive for fall semester if a long-running contract dispute is not settled.

Workers claim that wages on the Ivy League campus -- New Haven's largest employer -- are so low that many are forced to work second jobs and, even after a lifetime of service, work during retirement because of thin pensions.

Despite more than 100 bargaining sessions over the past year, union leaders and Yale administrators have been unable to agree on issues ranging from pay raises to job security.

Workers held a weeklong strike in March that...

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