Unions
California Institute of the Arts faculty and staff move to unionise
Grievances include changes to healthcare benefits, stagnant wages, layoffs and running the nonprofit arts college like a for-profit business
Unionised workers at New York's Storm King sculpture park ratify their first contracts
The agreement with members of two bargaining units comes as the popular outdoor art destination puts the finishing touches on a $45m campus revamp
Staff at the American Folk Art Museum vote unanimously to form a union
The institution’s new union, formed under UAW Local 2110, will represent workers across departments including curatorial, information technology, retail and more
UK's Imperial War Museum plans to break with two unions
MPs have joined a campaign to stop the museums group from derecognising two of its three unions
Drawn-out strikes threaten to keep museums in Liverpool shut into the summer
Seven sites in the city have been closed for nearly eight weeks over a one-off cost of living payment, and there are suggestions that further action will be announced soon
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
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
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
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
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
Employees at the Art Institute of Chicago museum and school ratify their first union contract
More than 500 workers at the institutions will get raises over 12%
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
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
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
‘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
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
British Museum staff to strike as cultural workers across UK take industrial action—including during school holiday
Workers at the Wallace Collection, Historic England, National Museums Scotland and the National Museum of Liverpool will also be striking over pay and labour conditions
'Systematically underpaid': arts courses across UK grind to a halt amid nation's biggest university strike in history
Lecturers across the country are protesting university workers’ pay, pensions and working conditions
With the threat of cuts, unions get militant in UK museums—and their membership is growing rapidly
Workers are increasingly turning to collective bargaining, industrial action and representation by trade unions
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
Dia Art Foundation staff announce intentions to unionise
The proposed union would consist of 135 professional and non-professional staff at Dia sites in New York, Beacon, Long Island and New Mexico
Workers at the Baltimore Museum of Art vote to form a wall-to-wall union
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
Hundreds demonstrate at Philadelphia Museum of Art as both sides remain 'very far apart' in union contract negotiations
Workers at the museum have been without a contract since forming a union in 2020
Unionised Philadelphia Museum of Art workers rally to push contract negotiations forward
Negotiations between the union and museum leadership have been ongoing since October 2020
New York’s Jewish Museum announces formation of a union
The unionisation follows similar decisions made by the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and others
Unionised workers at MOCA Los Angeles ratify first contract with museum
Negotiations between museum leadership and the union had repeatedly been delayed due to Covid-19, administrative shakeups and more issues
Whitney Museum workers protest outside the institution’s fundraising gala over union contract negotiations
Around 100 demonstrators rallied outside the institution during its gala, hoping to give greater urgency to ongoing negotiations with museum leaders