Some 800 workers and students were arrested September 25 as they blocked a street in New Haven, Connecticut, to back demands by workers employed by Yale and Yale New Haven Hospital for a wage raise and improved pension benefits. The action was called by the Federation of Hospital and University Employees, a coalition of unions and groups of workers seeking to unionize. One of the unions, the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees, which represents 4,000 workers, has gone without a contract since January. These workers have authorized their negotiating committee to call a strike if an agreement is not reached by October 31.  
 
 
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