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Mass Moca employees end three-week strike following dispute over wages

Unionised workers and museum officials have ratified a new deal that raises staff minimum wages to $18 per hour

Philadelphia Museum of Art workers stage protest during all-staff meeting

Administrators and unionised workers at the institution remain at an impasse over the issue of longevity pay

Workers at Mass Moca go on strike 'indefinitely' amid stalled wage negotiations

It is the second time in two years that unionised employees of the museum have gone on strike

Staff at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art launch campaign to form union

If their campaign is successful, around 100 workers at the museum would be represented by the union

Faculty at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts reach tentative contract agreement, averting strike

The potential deal between the union and administration came just hours before a vote to authorise a strike

Dispute between Philadelphia Museum of Art and employee union drags on, after strike in 2022

The union claims the institution has not implemented an agreement concerning length-of-service pay increases

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Denver Art Museum workers launch campaign to form union

Staff at the museum are the latest to join the unionisation movement that has swept across the sector in the US

Unionised University of the Arts faculty prepare to strike after more than two years of contract negotiations

Professors at the Philadelphia art school have been ramping up their attempts to move negotiations forward

Unionsnews

On the eve of a planned strike, Brooklyn Museum workers ratify first union contract

After over two years of negotiations, members of the museum’s UAW Local 2110 union voted to ratify their first contract

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Workers at New York’s Jewish Museum ratify their first union contract

The new contract, approved by an overwhelming majority of members, will see staff wages increase 17.5% over the next three years

Guggenheim Museum staff ratifies its first union contract

With 97% of the vote, museum employees signed their first union contract after two years at the bargaining table

Largest museum union in the US ratifies its first contract

More than 500 workers at the Carnegie Museums in Pittsburgh voted to ratify their first contract after 18 months of negotiations

New documentary gives inside view of art museum’s attempts to become more diverse

“White Balls on Walls” shows how the staff of Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum have tried to implement change amid a shifting social landscape

Strike at New York's Hispanic Society ends after nearly two months

Workers at the museum ratified their first contract after many months of negotiations with leadership

Museumsanalysis

Changing institutional culture from the inside out: why more and more US museum workers are forming unions

Employees across the sector are turning to unions to fight for better wages, benefits and working conditions

Strike at New York’s Hispanic Society enters sixth week, with ‘no movement’ in negotiations

The strike at the Manhattan museum, which had been on the cusp of reopening after a six-year renovation, has now stretched into its third month

Brooklyn Museum workers hold rally at fundraising gala

Members of the museum’s union, who have been in negotiations with administration over their first contract for more than a year, handed out leaflets to attendees arriving for the annual Artists Ball

Hundreds of RISD students walk out in support of striking university workers

Students and faculty at the top-ranked art and design university have been vocal in their support of custodial, moving and groundskeeping staff

9,000 workers on strike at Rutgers University, home to one of US’s top art schools

The Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers is one of the most prestigious university art programmes on the East Coast

Strike at New York’s Hispanic Society enters second week as museum pushes back long-planned reopening

Unionised workers at the institution in Upper Manhattan have been on strike since 27 March as negotiations over their first contract have stalled

Unionsnews

‘You can’t pay rent with prestige’: as contract negotiations drag on, unionised Guggenheim workers rally at exhibition openings

As museum members and supporters waited to enter opening celebrations for Gego and Sarah Sze shows, they were greeted by members of UAW Local 2110

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum closes on anniversary of infamous heist due to planned climate change protest

The museum was reportedly to be the site of a “guerrilla art installation” by Extinction Rebellion Boston on 18 March

Unionised Whitney Museum workers ratify their first contract after 16 months of negotiations

The deal means significant pay increases for hourly wage earners and salaried employees alike, and extends some benefits to temporary workers

After 25 days, strike ends at New York’s New School and Parsons School of Design

The longest adjunct faculty strike to date in the US is over after instructors and administrators finally reached a tentative agreement on a new contract

Part-time faculty at New York’s New School university are on strike amid fractious contract negotiations

Part-time faculty at the university, which includes the revered Parsons School of Design, account for roughly 80% of all faculty

Labournews

Workers at New York’s Storm King Art Center seek to form a union amid $45m campus revamp

Employees of the non-profit it are seeking union representation, but administrators have opted not to voluntarily recognise the unions

After strike and with a hard-won new contract, Philadelphia Museum of Art employees go back to work

Following a contentious few weeks that capped two years of negotiations, workers and administrators are eager to move forward, even if some sore spots remain

Philadelphia Museum of Art workers reach contract agreement, ending three-week strike

Following two years of negotiations and a historic strike by the museum’s unionised workers, employees and leaders agreed to a contract

Brooklyn Museum workers rally at open house to call attention to stalled contract negotiations

Unionised workers lined the main entryway to the museum as visitors arrived for after-hours programming

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Workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art are on strike 'until we get the contract we deserve'

After a one-day strike failed to move negotiations forward, unionised workers at the museum have begun an indefinite strike