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Whitney Museum Union Ratifies Contract on Eve of Strike
Workers were prepared to begin their strike during the preview week of a major Roy Lichtenstein retrospective.
Unions
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Three NYC Museum Unions Ratify Contracts, Averting Strikes
Workers at the American Folk Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum, and Guggenheim Museum had bargained for higher pay and better working conditions.
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Unions Reach Tentative Agreements at Brooklyn Museum and American Folk Art Museum
Potentially averting strike action, both unions are set to vote on ratifying the tentative agreements with their respective museums starting today, September 29.
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Striking Workers Shutter Three V&A London Locations
Unionized staff at the Victoria and Albert Museum staged a two-day strike last weekend, citing “Amazon-style” working conditions.
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Eric Carle Museum Workers Push for Union Vote
Employees at the Massachusetts museum established by the children’s book artist behind “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” cited poor working conditions and under-staffing in a statement.
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V&A Storehouse Workers Vote to Strike Over “Amazon-Style” Conditions
Staff members allege they were “denied sufficient time during the day for toilet breaks or for drinks.”
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The Art Institute of Chicago to Cut Its Entire Custodial Staff
The museum's union called the plan to outsource in-house custodial work to a third-party vendor a "devastating and unconscionable injustice."
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Guggenheim Museum Union Votes to Authorize Strike
With an emphasis on job security after abrupt layoffs last year, negotiations for the second contract have been ongoing since December.
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Seattle Art Museum Workers Vote to Unionize in Landslide Election
The new union will represent over 130 full- and part-time employees across the institution’s three locations.
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Seattle Art Museum Workers Move to Unionize
Over 100 employees are urging the museum to voluntarily recognize the union, citing unsustainable wages and subpar benefits.
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American Folk Art Museum Workers Picket Gala, Calling for Higher Wages
Staffers say they were forced to take action after negotiations for a new contract remained stalled for nearly two years.
Opinion
I’m an NYU Contract Professor. This Is Why We Plan to Strike.
For years, NYU’s administrators have casualized the school’s teaching force, many of them artists, by creating a second tier of full-time contract faculty.