Latinos make up only 3 percent of Yale’s workforce despite forming more than 20 percent of New Haven’s population.
According to union activists, Saturday’s protests kicked off an intensification of pressure on Yale officials to end the strike.
“Basically we’re just getting started,” Eidelson said. “There are going to be a lot of opportunities to take the action needed.”
More civil disobedience actions are planned for cities beyond New Haven, to put pressure on the members of the Yale Corporation—most of whom live and work outside the city.
—Staff writer Jonathan P. Abel can be reached at abel@fas.harvard.edu.
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