The unionized workers, who have been without a contract since 2017, say the gallery privileges upper management at the expense of other employees.
unions
Posted inNews
New Museum Staffers Vote to Unionize
After announcing their plans to organize a union earlier this month, this afternoon, the New Museum union received 38 yes votes against 8 no votes.
Posted inNews
New Museum Staff Launches Campaign to Unionize, Urging “Critical Changes”
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.
Posted inNews
Unionized Art Installers and Maintenance Crew Protest Low Wages at MoMA PS1
Local 30 union members gathered at the entrance of MoMA PS1 in Queens after “strained” contract renegotiations. Workers say they are paid significantly less than their counterparts at MoMA in Manhattan.
Posted inNews
MoMA Staff Secures Museum-Wide Raises After Four Months of Union Bargaining
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.
Posted inNews
Museum of Modern Art Union Workers Stage Walkout as They Prepare for Contract Negotiations
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.
Posted inNews
Museum of Modern Art Staff Protest Outside Fundraising Gala, Demanding a Fair Contract
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.
Posted inBooks
Poetry from the Picket Line
Two poets, veterans of university unionization campaigns, chart the growing crisis of the new intellectual working class
Posted inNews
Union Workers Rally at Tate Modern, Protesting Corporate Sponsor
The protest, organized by Independent Workers Union of Great Britain, targeted financial firm Ernst & Young, a major sponsor of shows at Tate.
Posted inNews
B&H Photo Will Pay $3.2M to Settle Department of Labor Lawsuit
The Department’s February 2016 suit outlined 15 violations, from discriminatory hiring practices to racially segregated bathrooms, at B&H Photo’s warehouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Posted inNews
B&H Photo Workers Protest Outside New York Mayor’s Mansion
The demonstrators claim that Bill de Blasio’s administration is complicit in the electronics retailer’s effort to move over 300 jobs out of the city.
Posted inNews
On May Day, Over 200 B&H Photo Workers Launch Strike
More than 200 warehouse employees have gone on strike, accusing the electronics company of union busting, while dozens of people demonstrated outside the Manhattan B&H store this morning.