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January 4, 2023

In 2022, Art Workers Continued To Unionize and Strike for Their Rights

Karen K. Ho Art News

Momentum for unions and unionization efforts in art museums, art institutions, and art schools continued in 2022, as workers bargained for better conditions, held strikes, and even ratified contracts.

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August 31, 2022

Inside the Drive To Bring ‘Cultural Workers’ Into the Labor Movement

Kristin Toussaint Fast Company

The AFL-CIO largely has a goal of adding 1 million new union members over the next decade, and AFSCME’s work with cultural institutions is a big part of that effort.

July 11, 2022

Jerry McEntee: 1935–2022

AFSCME Staff AFSCME

Gerald W. McEntee, the longtime president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFL-CIO), who led the union to historic growth, positioning it as a voice for working people and a force to be reckoned with in the nation’s civil rights movement, died Sunday, July 10, 2022.

January 31, 2022

Year in Review: 2021 Was a Banner Year For Cultural Workers United

Kathleen Cancio AFSCME

Last year, cultural workers increasingly turned to AFSCME’s Cultural Workers United campaign to build power, making 2021 a year of remarkable success for CWU.

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January 12, 2022

Employees at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Join Union

David Roeder Chicago Sun Times

Employees at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago have voted to unionize, a day after museum staffers affiliated with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

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November 9, 2021

Baltimore Museum of Art Workers Say Fair Pay and Job Security Shouldn’t Be a Privilege

Rebekah Kirkman BmoreArt

Baltimore Museum of Art workers are unionizing for livable wages, staff advancement, health and safety.

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July 29, 2020

California’s Child Care Providers Win Historic Union Election in Landslide

AFSCME Staff AFSCME

In a union election victory 17 years in the making, 40,000 child care providers in California have voted overwhelmingly to be represented by their union, Child Care Providers United (CCPU). This was a joint effort of AFSCME and SEIU.

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March 25, 2020

‘Bernie Has a Real Decision to Make’: Labor Throws in With Biden

Marc Caputo POLITICO

Joe Biden has racked up endorsements from four of the largest — and most politically influential — unions in the past 10 days, a show of force that has bolstered his standing as the de facto Democratic nominee for president.

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November 13, 2019

Labor Organizers Have Filed a Complaint Against the Marciano Art Foundation Over Its Abrupt Closure in the Wake of Unionization Efforts

Sarah Cascone artnet news

Labor organizers have filed a complaint against the Marciano Art Foundation over its abrupt closure in the wake of unionization efforts.

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September 26, 2018

Hawaii Unions Say Little Has Changed Since Landmark Janus Decision

Stewart Yerton Civil Beat

Three months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck a potential blow to government employee unions by saying public workers don’t have to pay any union fees to hold government jobs, the decision appears to have had little effect in Hawaii.

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In 2022, Art Workers Continued To Unionize and Strike for Their Rights

labor

Inside the Drive To Bring ‘Cultural Workers’ Into the Labor Movement

Jerry McEntee: 1935–2022

Year in Review: 2021 Was a Banner Year For Cultural Workers United

labor

Employees at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Join Union

labor

Baltimore Museum of Art Workers Say Fair Pay and Job Security Shouldn’t Be a Privilege

labor

California’s Child Care Providers Win Historic Union Election in Landslide

labor

‘Bernie Has a Real Decision to Make’: Labor Throws in With Biden

labor

Labor Organizers Have Filed a Complaint Against the Marciano Art Foundation Over Its Abrupt Closure in the Wake of Unionization Efforts

labor

Hawaii Unions Say Little Has Changed Since Landmark Janus Decision