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On Eve of Union Vote, Hundreds of Arts Professionals Sign Open Letter Supporting B&H Photo Workers

by Claire Voon November 3, 2015February 11, 2016

B&H Photo Video workers are continuing to push for unionization and improved work conditions in the national electronics retailer’s two Brooklyn warehouses, and although the company has intensified its attempts to quell these efforts, the campaign is gaining vast public support.

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The Guggenheims Helsinki and Abu Dhabi: A Telling Tale of Two Outposts

by Zachary Small July 29, 2015July 30, 2015

The Guggenheim Helsinki will likely become the third museum of the Solomon R. Guggenheim’s global armada.

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New Report Confirms Labor Abuses at NYU Abu Dhabi

by Jillian Steinhauer April 21, 2015April 21, 2015

An independent investigation into the construction of New York University’s (NYU) Abu Dhabi campus has found that despite the school’s best intentions and efforts, about one third of the workforce at the site — roughly 10,000 workers — was not covered by the school’s labor guidelines.

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Human Rights Watch Releases Damning Report on Labor Conditions in Abu Dhabi [UPDATED]

by Jillian Steinhauer February 10, 2015February 17, 2015

Today Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its third report on violations of the rights of migrant workers on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, where the Guggenheim and Louvre museums are planning outposts and New York University is planning a campus.

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African Artists Protest “Indentured Servitude” at Korean Museum

by Jillian Steinhauer February 12, 2014February 12, 2014

African artists hired by a Korean museum have been laboring under conditions “similar to indentured servitude,” South Korean newspaper the Hankyoreh reports. Their allegations about the circumstances under which they lived and worked at the museum are appalling.

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How Are Artists Getting Paid?

by Alexis Clements July 22, 2013July 24, 2013

How are artists who have been systematically denied fair wages and access to basic services like healthcare and unemployment protections gaining access to those things today?

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