It won't be a perfect environment, but we will do everything we can. You will get your education. Making life tolerable for students will be first and foremost. Contract negotiations with Yale's two unions, Locals 34 and 35, began Thursday on Science Hill. The unions can legally strike after the 1992 contract expires.
Negotiations are negotiations.
It's inevitably going to be the case that not every single proposal we put on the table is accepted in the form in which we put it on. We're willing to engage in serious discussion. He added that the University wants to create new job titles and cut pay, but will accomplish these goals through employee attrition and new hiring. Levin promised lower wages for future employees will still be competitive with other area employers. We would be foolish in our own self-interest to underpay the market.