Unionsnews
After long talks, Guggenheim’s unionised employees sign agreement with the museum
Accord includes average pay increases of 10% and annual bonuses for on-call workers
Labournews
MFA Boston workers vote to unionise in sweeping vote
An overwhelming 90% of employees voted to join the United Auto Workers Local 2110
Exhibitionspreview
What can we learn from the Salem Witch Trials?
A historical exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum traces the political and religious forces that led to the executions of innocent people
Staff at Milwaukee Art Museum move to create ‘wall-to-wall’ union
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which already represents security guards, could cover all the institution’s departments
Philadelphia Museum of Art vote to unionise in 89% supermajority
The victory for the organising staff comes two days after the museum announced a round of layoffs
Labourinterview
‘You can’t exactly walk a picket line in a pandemic’: New York union leader Maida Rosenstein on the crisis for museum workers
The president of the main museum union talks to us about what the organisation has been doing to secure jobs in the wake of coronavirus