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200 Workers at Vancouver Art Gallery Go on Strike [UPDATED]
The unionized workers, who have been without a contract since 2017, say the gallery privileges upper management at the expense of other employees.
Labor
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The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago Lowers Ticket Prices for Those Impacted by Gender Pay Gap
Starting next month, anyone who believes the gender pay gap has negatively impacted their earning potential can pay a discounted price for museum admissions. The new policy coincides with the opening of a traveling Laurie Simmons exhibition.
Art
In a Changing Berlin, Artists Face Rising Costs and an Inflated Gender Pay Gap
The figures in a new survey by a Berlin artists' association point to the general struggle among artists to support themselves through art in a city that is becoming less affordable every year.
Comics
A Theory About the Gender Pay Gap
One of my students recently presented a novel hypothesis for why women should be paid less than men.
Books
Poetry from the Picket Line
Two poets, veterans of university unionization campaigns, chart the growing crisis of the new intellectual working class
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Faculty at UK Art Schools Strike to Protest Pension Cuts
On Wednesday, despite a snowstorm, students from the Courtauld Institute and other London art schools took part in a national strike organized by the University and College Union.
Art
Strike at Columbia College Chicago Spotlights Problems for Part-Time Faculty
The historic first part-time faculty union in the nation at Columbia College held the two-day strike to convey to the administration the seriousness of unresolved bargaining issues.
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Strike Forces Centre Pompidou to Close for Fourth Consecutive Day [UPDATED]
The strike stems from a change to the status of the museums' workers set to go into effect on April 1.
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Louvre Security Staff Threaten To Strike as Blockbuster Vermeer Show Causes Disarray
Security workers at the museum plan to strike on Friday, citing "constant physical and verbal aggression" caused by the recent overcrowding.
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First Faculty Lockout in US College History Bars Art Profs from Classes and Studios [UPDATED]
Since Long Island University locked out the roughly 400 members of the faculty union from its Brooklyn campus on August 31, printmaking professor Hilary Lorenz has not been able to ride her bicycle.
Art
An Artist's Plot to Unlock Luis Barragán's Archive with a Diamond Made from His Ashes
MEXICO CITY — In a multiyear project that has exploded beyond any one gallery space, New York's Jill Magid has reactivated the legacy of Mexican modernist architect Luis Barragán.
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Jewish Leaders and Activists Pledge Support of B&H Photo Workers Fighting to Unionize
Two hundred-and-twenty-five Jewish leaders from congregations, universities, and cultural institutions across the nation are calling for B&H Photo Video to end management practices that allegedly violate some of their workers' rights.