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

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More than 500 workers at the institutions will get raises over 12%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The strike by unionised employees of the museum was intended to put pressure on the administration amid protracted contract negotiations

More than 90% of workers voted to form a union at the institution, which operates spaces in Manhattan, Beacon and the Hamptons, as well as site-specific works in Manhattan, Utah, New Mexico and Germany

Unionised employees of the North Adams, Massachusetts museum sought to pressure the institution’s administration amid ongoing contract negotiations

In a vote on 14 July, 89 workers voted to unionise while 29 voted to not, making the museum the latest US art institution to join the labour movement

Workers at the museum have been without a contract since forming a union in 2020

The contract was approved by 87% of union members and ensures double-digit wage and salary increases over the next three years

Faculty at the school voted 60% in favour of forming the union, which will represent some 700 people

Negotiations between the union and museum leadership have been ongoing since October 2020

Demonstrators gathered outside the museum's annual Party in the Garden gala to confront honouree Mellody Hobson, chair of the Starbucks board, who they claim is complicit in the company's union-busting efforts

Negotiations between museum leadership and the union had repeatedly been delayed due to Covid-19, administrative shakeups and more issues

Around 100 demonstrators rallied outside the institution during its gala, hoping to give greater urgency to ongoing negotiations with museum leaders

If successful, they would join staff at the school and its namesake museum who voted overwhelmingly in favour of unionising in January

The rally comes as faculty who have already unionised seek to secure their first contract and staff members undertake a vote to form their own union

The agreements come after many months of negotiations and a strike in February

Guests arriving at Tuesday’s reception were handed leaflets explaining the current state of negotiations between the newly formed union and museum administration

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