by Justin | Mar 16, 2021 | Collective Bargaining, Columbia University, Graduate Workers, UAW Local 2110
This moment is the culmination of two years of unsuccessful negotiations with Columbia for the union’s first labor contract. The strike will continue indefinitely until the University and GWC-UAW bargaining committee reach an agreement on the seven open articles still...
by Justin | Mar 10, 2021 | Organizing, UAW Local 2110
Workers and artists at Studio in a School, a nonprofit group founded more than 40 years ago to teach art in public schools, have organized an effort to join a union. The National Labor Relations Board will send ballots to eligible employees on Friday, the first step...
by Justin | Mar 8, 2021 | Museum Workers, Organizing, UAW Local 2110
On Monday, the staff of the sprawling modern art museum MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts declared their intent to form a union. A press release detailed concerns around equity, compensation, job security and a round of layoffs in 2020 due to the COVID-19...
by Justin | Dec 29, 2020 | Museum Workers, NLRB, Organizing, UAW Local 2110
The result of a unionization vote this month by 23 Portland Museum of Art employees remains unknown pending a museum management appeal to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The mail-in election was held to decide whether the employees should join Technical,...
by Justin | Nov 26, 2020 | Museum Workers, Organizing, UAW Local 2110
When Jon Feng joined the staff of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston two years ago, he was realizing a dream. The museum was one of his favorite places; he visited it practically every other week. Feng never finished college, and he remembers that a bachelor’s degree...
by Justin | Nov 24, 2020 | Organizing, UAW Local 2110
A recent movement toward unionization by workers at media brands and cultural institutions continued today as staffers at Film at Lincoln Center voted 29 to 4 in favor of forming a guild. The union, part of the Technical, Office, and Professional Union Local 2110 UAW,...
