Amidst budget cuts, labor relations teetering at Yale - MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS, Yale News

There is a common topic of discussion in dining halls, administrative offices, facilities trucks and elsewhere these days: budget cuts. While the University works to slash its budget deficit with University-wide cuts, staff members across Yale grow increasingly dissatisfied. Eight union members interviewed — from both Local 34, which represents many of Yale’s white- and pink-collar staff, and Local 35, which represents primarily blue-collar Yale employees, including custodial, dining and maintenance workers — said that the relationship between the University and the unions has deteriorated, with five members adding that they expect the unions will go on strike within the next year or two. Yale University President Peter Salovey said the University has done its best to protect union employees from the budget cuts, and that other Yale constituencies have felt more of an impact. http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2014/09/12/amidst-budget-cuts-labor-relations-teetering/