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Hispanic Society Workers Sign Contract After Two-Month Strike

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie May 22, 2023May 23, 2023

The workers launched their union drive after the Manhattan institution eliminated their pension plans.

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On May Day, Celebrating Baltimore’s Union Victories

Avatar photo by Dereck Stafford Mangus May 1, 2023May 1, 2023

Like the National Labor Union in 1866, the Walters Art Museum union lit a fuse that ignited a labor movement boom across Baltimore’s cultural institutions.

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MASS MoCA Workers Celebrate First Union Contract

Avatar photo by Billie Anania December 15, 2022April 17, 2023

Earlier this year, the union held a one-day strike over “lowball” wages and prolonged negotiations.

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Storm King Workers Push for Union Recognition

Avatar photo by Billie Anania December 13, 2022April 17, 2023

The 500-acre museum and sculpture garden is refusing to voluntarily recognize the union.

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Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Announce Daylong Strike

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie September 15, 2022March 8, 2023

The PMA Union authorized a one-day strike on September 16, days after it filed an Unfair Labor Practices complaint against the institution.

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LA’s Academy Museum Voluntarily Recognizes Workers’ Union

by Matt Stromberg July 15, 2022March 8, 2023

The announcement comes less than two months after a group of museum employees declared their intention to unionize.

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2,000+ Join Rally in Solidarity With Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers

Avatar photo by Billie Anania July 14, 2022March 8, 2023

The union’s third rally since April brought together national and local labor leaders to demand that management meets at the bargaining table in good faith.

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MFA Boston Workers Secure Wage Increases in First Union Contract

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie June 28, 2022March 8, 2023

“This contract is a structural breakthrough for museum workers who have been underpaid as a group for years,” said staffer Martina Tanga.

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Months After Opening, LA’s Academy Museum Workers Move to Unionize

by Matt Stromberg May 29, 2022March 8, 2023

Staff cited wage discrepancies, allegedly inadequate responses to COVID-19 outbreaks, and being asked to do work outside their job description.

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American Museum of Natural History Workers Vote to Unionize

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu May 26, 2022March 8, 2023

Workers told Hyperallergic that they were tired of meager pay and a lack of job security.

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Seattle Art Museum Guards Are Trying to Unionize, But It Hasn’t Been Easy

Avatar photo by Amber Cortes April 21, 2022March 8, 2023

Some workers at the museum say they’ve experienced “aggressive union-busting tactics” since organizing.

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Guard the Guards, Not Just the Art, Says Baltimore Museum Union in Demonstration

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu March 22, 2022March 8, 2023

“We want livable wages and to be able to live well,” said ​​Rob Kempton, a security guard. “I think our efforts are warranted, and we aren’t going to go down without a fight.”

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Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch confronts the challenges of being Indigenous and female in the United States and Canada. On view in NYC.

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