Yale University

RAI worked with Yale University and its two Locals of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees (HERE), AFL-CIO, from 2001-2009 when RAI was selected to assist in establishing a less adversarial and more mutually beneficial relationship.

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The parties jointly agreed to utilize interest-based negotiations facilitated by RAI in their 2001-2002 collective bargaining, which resulted in an unprecedented eight-year contract.

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RAI then provided expert advice, facilitating and training for Yale management and the unions in support of the design and implementation of their joint Best Practices Initiative. 

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The goals of the Best Practice Initiative, which were achieved, were to leverage the strategic labor-management relationship to increase productivity, efficiency and satisfaction of employees and managers, and to improve the quality of services provided by the University.

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ARTICLES:   

·        New York Times (Jan. 15 2002): Labor Consultant Criticizes Yale and Its Unions

·        Yale Daily News (October 29, 2001): Yale, Unions Call in Consultants

·        Yale Daily Unions (Jan. 15, 2002) Yale, Unions Seek New Approach

·        Yale Daily News (February 7, 2002): Yale, Unions Agree to New Approach

·        Yale Daily News (April 12, 2002): The First Breakthrough in Negotiations

·        Hartford Courant (September 4, 2002): Yale Unions To Vote Workers Consider Strike Authorization

·        New Haven Register : John Stepp's Role in Yale Negotiations