Editing Local 33–UNITE HERE (section)

{{Short description|Labor union for Yale University graduate students}}
'''Local 33–UNITE HERE''', formerly the '''Graduate Employees and Students Organization''' (“GESO–[[UNITE HERE]]”), is a union of graduate student teachers and researchers at [[Yale University]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]].

Local 33 is affiliated with the international union [[UNITE HERE]], which also represents Yale University's service, maintenance, clerical, and technical workers. After more than three decades of organizing, Yale graduate workers submitted over 3,000 signed union authorization cards to the [[Hartford, Connecticut]], office of the [[National Labor Relations Board]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roy |first=Yash |date=2022-10-25 |title=Local 33 triggers unionization process |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2022/10/25/local-33-triggers-unionization-process/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=Yale Daily News |language=en}}</ref> or NLRB, representing the greatest number of graduate workers who have ever supported unionizing. On January 9, 2023, Yale graduate workers won their union, with 1,860 members voting in favor and 179 voting against, a 10.4 to 1 ratio in favor of unionization.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salovey |first=Peter |date=2023-01-09 |title=Graduate Student Union Election Results |url=https://president.yale.edu/president/statements/graduate-student-union-election-results |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Yale University - Office of the President}}</ref> The proposed worker bargaining unit of about 4,000 graduate and professional school workers<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vaz |first=Megan |date=2023-01-30 |title=Union Yes: Local 33's three-decade road to recognition |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/01/30/union-yes-local-33s-three-decade-road-to-recognition/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Yale Daily News}}</ref> was the second largest election filing in the country in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ospina |first1=Laura |title=After more than three decades of organizing, Yale's graduate student union won recognition last January |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2023/09/01/after-more-than-three-decades-of-organizing-yales-graduate-student-union-won-recognition-last-january/ |access-date=1 October 2023 |work=Yale Daily News |date=1 September 2023}}</ref>

Local 33 has received support from many prominent academics, including [[Corey Robin]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/FORUM-20-years-after-GESO-strike-many-of-goals-11581922.php|title=FORUM: 20 years after GESO strike, many of goals accomplished|first=Kathy M.|last=Newman|date=December 4, 2011|website=New Haven Register|access-date=September 7, 2020|archive-date=October 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014090037/https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/FORUM-20-years-after-GESO-strike-many-of-goals-11581922.php|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Michael Denning]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yale.edu/geso/links/denning.htm |title=GESO: Why a Graduate Student Union? |access-date=2015-05-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503093138/http://www.yale.edu/geso/links/denning.htm |archive-date=2015-05-03 }}</ref> [[David Graeber]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-05-31/people/take-it-from-the-top/full/ |title=Take It from the Top &#124; Village Voice |access-date=2015-05-14 |archive-date=2015-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083347/http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-05-31/people/take-it-from-the-top/full/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Michael Bérubé]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thebaffler.com/odds-and-ends/pistols-for-two-michael-berube-vs-chris-lehmann-2|title=Pistols for Two: Michael Bérubé vs. Chris Lehmann|date=January 14, 2013|website=The Baffler|access-date=September 7, 2020|archive-date=September 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908075955/https://thebaffler.com/odds-and-ends/pistols-for-two-michael-berube-vs-chris-lehmann-2|url-status=live}}</ref> and elected officials, including Governor [[Dannel Malloy]], Senators [[Richard Blumenthal]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20160309/fiery-rhetoric-at-founding-convention-for-new-union-of-yale-grad-students/ |title=Fiery rhetoric at founding convention for new union of Yale grad students |access-date=2017-02-04 |archive-date=2017-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126145045/http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20160309/fiery-rhetoric-at-founding-convention-for-new-union-of-yale-grad-students |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Chris Murphy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/geso_rally/|title=Hundreds March For GESO &#124; New Haven Independent|date=October 16, 2015|website=www.newhavenindependent.org|access-date=February 4, 2017|archive-date=February 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204170844/http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/geso_rally/|url-status=live}}</ref> New Haven Mayor [[Toni Harp]], US Senator [[Bernie Sanders]], and US Congresswoman [[Rosa DeLauro]].