October 3, 2003

Yale Workers End Strike

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

The nearly 2,000 clerical, dining-hall, and maintenance workers who had been on strike at Yale University since the start of the semester were back at work last week after their two unions voted overwhelmingly to approve new eight-year contracts.

Along with annual wage increases of 3 to 5 percent, the contracts will nearly double the amount of employees' pension benefits.

The new agreements, which cover about 4,100 employees, put an end to a strike that had disrupted both the

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