Andy Stern Case

Presentation

Andy Stern had established himself as the most influential and controversial labor leader of his generation. When he took over there was a tremendous increase in membership under his leadership, but he shifts credit the members.   SEIU wanted the labor movement to abandon a status quo that was no longer working, and Stern insisted that unless union figure out new ways to organize tens of millions of nonunion workers and create a “modern, pro-growth, dynamic, progressive problem-solving labor movement,” they were doomed to obsolescence.  Stern made the union the largest voice in the county and became the most effective grassroots political organization around.  

Stern was investigated for corruption

UNION PRESENTATION

Workers went on strike for the moral principle, because of the discrimination that existed at Yale University against women and minority. As we know traditionally women jobs are undervalue as traditionally oppose to male jobs, which has been a major issue and the majority of the workers at Yale are female workers. This type of issue cannot be resolve within a day. That is the reason why the strike was prolong.

Local 34 which is the federation of university employee consist of 2,500 employees within the bargaining unit and 1,600 decide to strike. Local 35 which is the sister union of local 34 has honored the strike, even though threats were made against them by the university.

Negations have been in progress for at least one year.

Yale offer 24.2% but the workers felt that was not sufficient workers and they wanted 49.2% increase. This is a classic dispute over wages and benefits. Yale felt that the strike was not necessary, because they to avoid two dead lines in the pass by signing a partial contract. Yale felt the proposal that was put on the table was generous in fact it was twice the national average and about twice projective rate of inflation. They thought this was the most generous wage settlement in the U.S. at that time.

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Yale is looking at their economic limits, because of other obligation such as financial aid, other people salary, books and other issues Yale claim they have been paying equal pay for men and women for a long time.  If that is the case why would the workers strike?

which must partake with the limited resources of the institution.

Presentation

Andy Stern had established himself as the most influential and controversial labor leader of his generation. When he took over there was a tremendous increase in membership under his leadership, but he shifts credit to the members.   SEIU wanted the labor movement to abandon a status quo that was no longer working, and Stern insisted that unless union figure out new ways to organize tens of millions of nonunion workers and create a “modern, pro-growth, dynamic, progressive problem-solving labor movement,” they were doomed to obsolescence.  Stern made the union the largest voice in the county and became the most effective grassroots political  organization around.