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Whitney Museum Voluntarily Recognizes Union

by Valentina Di Liscia June 1, 2021June 1, 2021

The museum has recognized the collective bargaining unit, bypassing the union election.

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Front of House Staff at the Shed Seek to Unionize

by Valentina Di Liscia January 8, 2020December 29, 2021

The staff, who have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board, claim that “working conditions were not up to par.”

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Brooklyn Academy of Music Employees Vote in Favor of Union

by Hakim Bishara June 13, 2019June 13, 2019

BAM administrative workers and cinema staff voted in favor of forming BAM’s seventh union by an 82% margin. “It’s heartening to see workers coming together and standing up for themselves,” one employee tells Hyperallergic.

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Workers at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Move to Unionize

by Hakim Bishara May 20, 2019

A BAM employee says the union for administrative workers and cinema staff has been in the works for a year and a half, after workers “noticed a lack of transparency and discrepancies in codes of standards of conduct that BAM was holding for itself.”

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Tenement Museum Workers Vote to Unionize

by Hakim Bishara April 18, 2019December 29, 2021

The workers report low wages, scarce benefits, and unstable working conditions, calling the conditions unfitting of a museum that was founded to celebrate the labor struggles of immigrant families.

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New Museum Staff Launches Campaign to Unionize, Urging “Critical Changes”

by Jasmine Weber January 11, 2019December 29, 2021

Staffers want to return to the goals of the museum’s founder Marcia Tucker, who hoped it would function as “a collaborative, self-critical, and ‘transparent’ organizational model.” They say the museum has hired a union-busting consulting firm to quell their efforts.

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MoMA Staff Secures Museum-Wide Raises After Four Months of Union Bargaining

by Jasmine Weber August 17, 2018December 29, 2021

The parties settled on a five-year contract, ratified by a 96% margin, in which employee health benefits, salary raises, and chances for upward mobility in the MoMA ranks were put forth.

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Museum of Modern Art Union Workers Stage Walkout as They Prepare for Contract Negotiations

by Jasmine Weber August 6, 2018December 29, 2021

As workers at one of the world’s most prestigious museums prepare for contract negotiations this week, dozens of workers participated in a museum-wide walkout.

Demonstrators outside the Museum of Modern Art on May 31, 2018, calling for a fair contract for the museum's union workers.
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Museum of Modern Art Staff Protest Outside Fundraising Gala, Demanding a Fair Contract

by Ilana Novick June 1, 2018April 15, 2020

About 100 MoMA workers and their supporters rallied outside the Museum as donors and trustees arrived to draw attention to ongoing contract negotiations that are currently at an impasse.

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MoMA Workers Vote to Approve New Contract

by Benjamin Sutton June 22, 2015June 25, 2015

On Monday evening, employees of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) who are members of the United Autoworkers Local 2110 voted to approve a new three-year contract that was offered by the museum’s administration on Friday.

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As Contract Deadline Looms, MoMA Workers Deliver Letter to Director Glenn Lowry

by Benjamin Sutton June 17, 2015June 19, 2015

This morning about 100 Museum of Modern Art employees who are members of the United Autoworkers’ Local 2110 delivered an open letter to museum director Glenn Lowry in his office.

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How MoMA Workers Are Using Instagram to Put Faces on Contract Negotiations

by Benjamin Sutton June 10, 2015June 22, 2015

Ever since the Museum of Modern Art’s contract negotiations with members of the United Autoworkers Local 2110 took a very public turn earlier this month, the Instagram account @MoMALocal2110 has been telling the stories of workers who would be affected by the proposed healthcare cuts.

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