News
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.”
Unions
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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.
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Guggenheim Union Rallies at Carol Bove Reception
“We're out here rallying to put pressure on the museum to come back to the bargaining table with a bit more movability on their positions,” said one of the workers.
Opinion
Museum Leaders, Recognize Your Unions Now
Art institutions in the United States continue to force elections and exclude workers from eligibility to join unions, running counter to their own purported values and goals.
News
Met Museum Workers Push to Unionize
Staffers at the New York City institution have filed a petition for a union vote with the National Labor Relations Board.
News
Tate Museums Workers Set to Strike Over "Insulting" Pay Raise
Workers and union leaders say wages have not kept up with the cost of living, condemning them to “in-work poverty.”
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Detroit Institute of Arts Workers Push to Unionize
“The people at the 'bottom' are also very important and all deserve to be getting a living wage,” said one of the workers.