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Talks Between the MoMA and Its Workers Stall Following Protest

by Benjamin Sutton June 4, 2015June 22, 2015

A demonstration on Tuesday by workers at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) did little to advance negotiations between a union representing over 200 employees at the institution and museum administrators, who are maintaining their call for a cut to employee healthcare coverage.

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Facing Healthcare Cuts, Museum of Modern Art Staff Protest Outside Fundraising Gala

by Benjamin Sutton June 2, 2015June 17, 2015

This evening, as trustees and VIPs arrived at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for its annual “Party in the Garden” gala, they were greeted by dozens of the museum’s staff brandishing signs that read “Modern Art, Ancient Wages” and “MoMA, Don’t Cut Our Healthcare.”

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In the Bay Area, Adjuncts and Artists Unite to Unionize

by David Buuck May 29, 2015June 3, 2015

SAN FRANCISCO — It is no longer a stretch to draw connections between adjunct professors and other workers in the service economy. The corporate university model is deeply invested in the notion that treating all of its employees as disposable labor can maximize profits.

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On Track to Privatize 400 Jobs, National Gallery Outsources Management of Museum Wing [UPDATED]

by Jillian Steinhauer January 21, 2015January 28, 2015

On Monday, the National Gallery of London transferred security services for its Sainsbury Wing over to the private security company CIS. The move is the latest in a bitter dispute over the privatization of a huge number of jobs at the museum: 400 of 600 positions, or two-thirds of the museum’s entire staff.

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New York’s Beloved, Independent, Union-Busting Bookstore

by Jillian Steinhauer November 6, 2014December 29, 2021

On the Books, written and drawn by Greg Farrell and released by Microcosm Publishing, is a firsthand comics account of contract negotiations at the Strand in 2012 — or, as the book’s subtitle puts it, “A Graphic Tale of Working Woes at NYC’s Strand Bookstore.”

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College Bookstore Allegedly Fires Workers After Union Vote [UPDATED]

by Claire Voon June 30, 2014July 7, 2014

Following its employees’ vote to unionize at last Tuesday’s elections, independent bookseller Book Culture fired five of its thirty staffers, Gothamist reported.

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Did a Few Tweets Force Frieze to Unionize?

by Alex Teplitzky April 11, 2014December 29, 2021

On April 9, Frieze New York and city labor unions announced that they had reached a settlement regarding using unionized workers for their fair in May.

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After Negotiations, Frieze New York Agrees to Union Labor

by Mostafa Heddaya April 9, 2014December 29, 2021

After two years of protests regarding its use of non-union labor, Frieze New York announced today that it will be employing union workers for the 2014 iteration of the art fair on Randall’s Island.

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Rappers in Tunisia Unionize

by Mostafa Heddaya October 21, 2013October 24, 2013

In response to the increasing prosecution of rappers in Tunisia as part of a broader crackdown on free expression by the country’s Islamist government, rappers in the country have formed a union.

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How Are Artists Getting Paid?

by Alexis Clements July 22, 2013July 24, 2013

How are artists who have been systematically denied fair wages and access to basic services like healthcare and unemployment protections gaining access to those things today?

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The Bubble and the Rat: A Visit to Frieze New York

by Jillian Steinhauer May 9, 2013May 13, 2013

Visiting Frieze New York on Randall’s Island is like being sucked into a black hole. You get on a ferry (or a bus, or a bike), enter a giant, spacious tent, and then time stops. Or it disappears. Or it slips away. Next thing you know, you stumble out dehydrated and drunk off your speakeasy cocktail and notice the sun starting to sink in the sky.

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What’s Going on at the SF Fine Arts Museums?

by Jillian Steinhauer May 6, 2013December 29, 2021

For more than six months, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco have been in the news nonstop. Robert Flynn Johnson, the museums’ curator emeritus, summed it up pretty well when he called the museums’ situation “a state of Orwellian dysfunction.” And that’s just the news that’s been reported.

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