David Yaffe-Bellany
Staff Reporter
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Local 33 protesters march on Old Campus, end fast

As the class of 2017 gathered for Commencement on Old Campus, more than a thousand graduate students and union allies marched through downtown New Haven.

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In Class Day speech, Theo Epstein ’95 urges graduates to defy convention

Epstein, this year’s Class Day speaker, told the story of the Cubs’ epic extra-innings victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game 7 of the World Series last November, stressing the importance of opening oneself to others.

Local 33 did not disclose more than $237,000 in funding in 2016

Local 33 does not indicate that it received any funds from UNITE HERE, leaving no public record of how the money was used.

Local 33 plans major Commencement Day protest

Local 33 is planning a major demonstration for Commencement Day, as the graduate student union continues to escalate its labor battle with Yale.

Original Local 33 hunger strikers drop out

All of the original eight graduate students who went on hunger strike two weeks ago to pressure Yale to negotiate with Local 33 have now ended their fasts.

Two weeks into hunger strike, hundreds march against Yale

Led by Mayor Toni Harp, hundreds of graduate students, undergraduates and New Haven residents marched from Cross Campus to Woodbridge Hall.

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As Local 33 hunger strike continues, University unmoved

As the Local 33 hunger strike stretched into its eleventh day, students and faculty continued to debate the graduate student union’s tactics and the uncompromising stance of the University.

Sen. Blumenthal visits Local 33 in Beinecke

Sen. Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73, D-Conn., met with the eight fasting members of Local 33 at Beinecke Plaza on Sunday, expressing support for the union […]

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Yale College Republicans hold BBQ near Local 33

The Yale College Republicans held a picnic on Beinecke Plaza on Friday, just feet from the eight graduate students who are fasting in protest of […]

As hospital exec, Kate Walsh showed grit, decisiveness

When she served on the board of trustees at a small liberal arts college in Boston, Kate Walsh ’77 SPH ’79 was a close confidante […]

Local 33 camps outside Woodbridge Hall for hunger strike

Eight graduate students gathered under a tent on Beinecke Plaza yesterday for the first day of a hunger strike.

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