by Justin | Aug 23, 2021 | Brooklyn Museum, Museum Workers, UAW Local 2110
Staffers at the Brooklyn Museum have voted overwhelmingly to unionize as they look to affiliate themselves with the Technical, Office, and Professional Union, Local 2110, part of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) union. Ninety-six percent of the proposed bargaining...
by Justin | Aug 20, 2021 | Brooklyn Museum, Museum Workers, UAW Local 2110
Staff at the Brooklyn Museum have overwhelmingly voted to form a union, becoming the latest in a string of museum workforces that have opted to collectively bargain. In a National Labor Relations Board election this week, employees of the Eastern Parkway cultural...
by Justin | Jul 26, 2021 | Museum Workers, UAW Local 2110
Vexed by stagnant wages, challenging working conditions and uncertainty over their institution’s reopening, workers at the Hispanic Society Museum and Library in New York have voted 15-1 to unionise, labour officials announced today. The union, Local 2110 of the...
by Justin | Jul 20, 2021 | Museum Workers, UAW Local 2110
Museums, home to generous donors, committed staffs, and expansive mission statements, have often side-stepped labor struggles. But that’s changed over the past few years, as staff at a number of museums have sought better pay and job security through collective...
by Justin | Jun 2, 2021 | Museum Workers, UAW Local 2110, Whitney Museum
“The Whitney has made the decision to extend recognition to the Technical, Office and Professional Union, Local 2110 UAW, AFL-CIO, following the museum’s receipt on May 17th of the Union’s petition to represent some of our employees,” a Whitney spokesperson told...
by Justin | Jun 2, 2021 | Museum Workers, UAW Local 2110, Whitney Museum
The Whitney Museum of American Art says it has recognised the union local in which its workers are seeking to organise, meaning that its employees will not have to hold an election to advance their effort. The employees, including more than 180 curators, conservators,...
