The action comes after 27 months of contract negotiations reached an impasse; the museum is working with a third-party security firm to keep the galleries open

Grievances include changes to healthcare benefits, stagnant wages, layoffs and running the nonprofit arts college like a for-profit business

The Toronto museum had been closed since 26 March, when members of a union representing more than 400 employees went on strike

Recent actions in front of and inside the Manhattan museum come as the workers are seeking their second contract since forming a union in 2019

Unionised workers and museum officials have ratified a new deal that raises staff minimum wages to $18 per hour

The strike comes after a breakdown in negotiations between the workers’ union and museum administrators, and as the institution pursues a C$100m expansion

Administrators and unionised workers at the institution remain at an impasse over the issue of longevity pay

Professors at the Philadelphia art school have been ramping up their attempts to move negotiations forward

More than 500 workers at the institutions will get raises over 12%

With 97% of the vote, museum employees signed their first union contract after two years at the bargaining table

Workers at the museum ratified their first contract after many months of negotiations with leadership

Employees across the sector are turning to unions to fight for better wages, benefits and working conditions

As workers at US art institutions continue to organise, negotiate and, when necessary, go on strike, the most high-profile museum strike in years, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, continues to provide insights

Artists including Tai Shani, Larry Achiampong and Jade Montserrat sign an open letter asking the institution to bring outsourced cleaners in-house

Members of the museum’s union, who have been in negotiations with administration over their first contract for more than a year, handed out leaflets to attendees arriving for the annual Artists Ball

Students and faculty at the top-ranked art and design university have been vocal in their support of custodial, moving and groundskeeping staff

The Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers is one of the most prestigious university art programmes on the East Coast

Unionised workers at the institution in Upper Manhattan have been on strike since 27 March as negotiations over their first contract have stalled

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

The deal means significant pay increases for hourly wage earners and salaried employees alike, and extends some benefits to temporary workers

New and refurbished museums open in Antwerp, Los Angeles and Sydney as Italian archaeologists make the "discovery of a generation" in a hilltop town in Tuscany

The longest adjunct faculty strike to date in the US is over after instructors and administrators finally reached a tentative agreement on a new contract

With contract negotiations well into their second year, the union claims the museum’s leadership has been “repeatedly interfering with employees’ rights”

When the fair went online-only during the pandemic last year, a planned section dedicated to queer and non-binary artists was cancelled

Director spends night inside as the institution’s funders fail to pay salaries