News
The museum received a $6.2 million federal loan, lifting its staff furlough through June 30, but the petition’s authors emphasize that management has not yet addressed demands to support staff long-term.
News
The laid-off workers belong to the visitor services and retail departments. The Met’s director and president will take 20% pay cuts.
News
“Before a single museum worker is laid off, let every mid-six- or seven-figure museum director draw a salary of zero,” reads one petition.
Art
Set aside time to brainstorm what an “ideal” employment contract might look like, how to foster methods of organizing, and more with members of the New Museum Union.
News
Nearly all of the museum’s full-time employees will be receiving a full or partial furlough beginning on Friday.
Opinion
As we individually scramble to stock our pantries and secure our loved ones, we are also figuring out how on earth to switch our hands-on teaching of studio-based art to virtual platforms.
Art
Through a wide range of artist projects and programs, Re:Working Labor asks us to locate our respective places in the global labor chain.
Film
This year's Open City Documentary Festival in London screened numerous films which highlight the humanity and resilience of those on society's margins.
Art
Poverty wages, scarce benefits, job insecurity, and difficulty to unionize. After a spreadsheet about adjunct salaries went viral, professors discuss why their struggle should matter to everyone.
In Brief
The anonymous list, launched by historian Erin Bartram, has garnered about 250 entries so far.
Film
The documentary Bisbee '17 deconstructs how we perform our idea of the past as it resurrects an unsavory episode in labor history.
In Brief
Record attendance numbers at the Paris museum have not scaled with security personnel on staff, and employees say the situation is now dangerous.