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NEW HAVEN, Conn – The New Haven Peoples Center which serves as a home for social justice, labor organizing, education, culture, and peace, was filled to capacity on a cold windy February afternoon as attendees of all ages and walks of life arrived for the 49th annual Peoples World African American...
The arms race was on inside New Haven's Bethel AME Church hall Wednesday. Author: Tony Terzi Updated: 5:41 PM EST February 17, 2021 NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Because COVID-19 disproportionately impacts Black and Brown communities harder than Whites, cities are always looking for ways to get more minorities vaccinated. And New Haven does that, in part, through weekly neighborhood pop-up vaccine clinics. The arms race was on inside New Haven's Bethel AME Church hall Wednesday. "I didn’t even feel it," said one woman smiling through her mask. Over 80 New Haven reside...
Workers to 'be first in line': New Haven adopts right-of recall for hotel jobs Brian Zahn FacebookTwitterEmail New Haven City HallHelen Bennett / Hearst Connecticut Media NEW HAVEN — When local hotels begin to recover from the pandemic, laid-off employees should be the first ones re-pinning name badges to their lapels. That’s the scenario the Board of Alders approved in a “right to recall” ordinance that will strengthen the ability of laid-off hotel workers to return to their former jobs when the hotel industry begins hiring again. Under the ordinance, hotels would hire workers back t...