Climate change is bankrupting America s small towns chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
For millions of workers, getting through the pandemic has been a major struggle for survival, while the largest corporations have enriched their wealth. The pandemic exposed the systemic, raw inequities in health, housing, and employment for Black and Latino families who suffered more losses.
Yale Union Staff call on the university for fair contract negotiations
Members of Unite Here Local 34 and 35 say Yale proposed significant cuts to their long-standing contract at a time when the University received record endowments. Author: Dave Puglisi Updated: 11:19 PM EDT May 5, 2021
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Hundreds of Yale Union staff members rallied on Prospect Street calling for fair contract negotiations. Members of Unite Here Local 34 and 35 say Yale proposed significant cuts to their long-standing contract at a time when the University received record endowments. These are the best jobs in the region, and we want them to remain the best jobs in the region, said Barbara Vereen.
Hundreds protest over Yale contract talks
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New Haven, Connecticut - Saturday, May 01, 2021: Davarian L. Baldwin, the Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and the author of In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities are Plundering our Cities speaks during a protest in front of Yale President Salovey s office on and people gathered to paint a sign on Prospect Street next to the Yale University Campus YALE: RESPECT NEW HAVEN that includes a a visual representation of Yale University s $31 billion endowment compared to its voluntary contribution to the city of New Haven, encouraging Yale to pay its far share of the burden of operating the city.Peter Hvizdak / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
The 2020 Amistad Award honorees were Barbara Vereen, Rob Baril, Jan Hochadel, and Wildadiz Bermudez.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. From the moment the dramatic African drumming and slide show of the marches, rallies, car caravans, strikes, and election campaigns began, it was certain this would be an extraordinary and uplifting
People’s World Amistad Awards program.
The famed BODOMA Garifuna Culture Band kept the spirit elevated all evening long with musical performances.
Transformed from a large in-person statewide annual event into a virtual concert and awards, the program, “United for the World We Want Celebrating Resilience, Solidarity, and Vision,” was held “in tribute to essential workers and all workers regardless of immigration status during the pandemic, the rise of the movement for Black lives, and the voter upsurge for democratic rights.”