Local 33–UNITE HERE
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Local 33–UNITE HERE, formerly the Graduate Employees and Students Organization (“GESO–UNITE HERE”), is a union of graduate student teachers and researchers at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Local 33 is affiliated with the international union UNITE HERE, which also represents Yale University's service, maintenance, clerical, and technical workers. After more than three decades of organizing, Yale graduate workers submitted over 3,000 signed union authorization cards to the Hartford, Connecticut, office of the National Labor Relations Board,[1] or NLRB, representing the greatest number of graduate workers who have ever supported unionizing. On January 9, 2023, Yale graduate workers won their union, with 1,860 members voting in favor and 179 voting against, a 10.4 to 1 ratio in favor of unionization.[2] The proposed worker bargaining unit of about 4,000 graduate and professional school workers[3] was the second largest election filing in the country in 2022.[4]
Graduate Employees and Students Organization (Local 33—UNITE HERE) | |
Founded | 1990 |
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Location | |
Affiliations | UNITE HERE |
Website | Local 33 Website |
Local 33 has received support from many prominent academics, including Corey Robin,[5] Michael Denning,[6] David Graeber,[7] and Michael Bérubé,[8] and elected officials, including Governor Dannel Malloy, Senators Richard Blumenthal[9] and Chris Murphy,[10] New Haven Mayor Toni Harp, US Senator Bernie Sanders, and US Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro.