The workers voted in favor of a strike authorization by a 99% margin just days after filing an unfair labor practice complaint against the museum.
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MASS MoCA Workers Plan One-Day Strike to Protest “Lowball” Wages
The union seeks a minimum wage of $20 by the end of 2024; the museum offered only $16.
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Dia Art Foundation Workers Seek a Union
“How can Dia, with its prestigious Board and reputation, justify paying us so much less than a livable wage?” one worker said.
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Pro-Union Protesters Picket MoMA Gala Honoring Starbucks Chairwoman
As organizing efforts sweep across Starbucks stores nationwide, the company has repeatedly been accused of “union-busting.”
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Whitney Workers Crash Gala to Protest “Lowball” Wages
The union said that grass hedges were erected around the entrance, blocking the gala’s guests from seeing the protest outside.
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Documentary Workers Unite Against the Odds
We spoke with workers at the International Documentary Association about their successful fight for a union.
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New York’s Jewish Museum Staff Push to Unionize
The union would include art handlers, curators, development staff, educators, visitor experience and retail employees, and other administrative staff.
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Guggenheim Signs Contract With Union After a Year of Tense Negotiations
The three-year collective bargaining agreement represents the museum’s art handlers and facilities staff: 22 full-time employees and 145 on-call staff.
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Why Is the California Attorney General Investigating the San Francisco Art Institute?
Hyperallergic acquired documents raising questions about board member self-interest and tax-exempt bond misuse at the crisis-stricken art college under investigation.
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In a New Book About Unions and Financial Capitalism, Lessons for the Arts
“Unions Renewed” explores the changing role of organized labor under financial capitalism. It maps meaningfully onto the arts.
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Majority of Faculty at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts Vote to Unionize
In a ballot count on November 24, 99% voted “yes” to join the United Academics of Philadelphia.
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BAM Administrative Workers Ratify Union Contract, a Hard-Won Victory
Union organizers at the Brooklyn Academy of Music said the coronavirus caused them to shift their bargaining priorities to job security.