New Haven Rising, a grassroots labor organization, honored Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of economic justice at their annual event, highlighting labor wins on a local and national scale.
With 99.4 percent of voters in favor of ratification, Local 33, the graduate and professional student union, won its first contract, securing pay raises, expanded healthcare and union recognition until 2031.
The advocacy group protested outside of Yale New Haven Hospital on Monday night after YNHH subcontractor AffinEco allegedly discriminated against migrant workers on the basis of their immigration status and threatened to call immigration authorities on the workers.
In a recent transaction, the University cemented its dominance on Broadway through the purchase of the adjacent buildings, which currently hold Campus Customs, Blue Jay Cleaners, Broadway Kitchen and other retailers.
Unidad Latina en Acción has spent more than two decades pushing for political and legal change for Latines in New Haven. They attend immigration court, lead protests and challenge politicians, inviting conflict along the way.