Faculty at the school voted 60% in favour of forming the union, which will represent some 700 people

Negotiations between the union and museum leadership have been ongoing since October 2020

Demonstrators gathered outside the museum's annual Party in the Garden gala to confront honouree Mellody Hobson, chair of the Starbucks board, who they claim is complicit in the company's union-busting efforts

Negotiations between museum leadership and the union had repeatedly been delayed due to Covid-19, administrative shakeups and more issues

Around 100 demonstrators rallied outside the institution during its gala, hoping to give greater urgency to ongoing negotiations with museum leaders

If successful, they would join staff at the school and its namesake museum who voted overwhelmingly in favour of unionising in January

The rally comes as faculty who have already unionised seek to secure their first contract and staff members undertake a vote to form their own union

The agreements come after many months of negotiations and a strike in February

Guests arriving at Tuesday’s reception were handed leaflets explaining the current state of negotiations between the newly formed union and museum administration

City council's move to enforce wage disclosures in job adverts could usher in a sea change at major US cultural institutions—challenging persistent pay inequality in the sector

Staff at the arts centre recently informed the administration of their intention to unionise with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

Staff, faculty and students have joined the picket lines, some over protracted contract negotiations, others in solidarity with their colleagues

The union, if approved, will cover include workers across front-facing, administrative and curatorial departments, among others

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees will now represent 266 employees at the museum and another 249 at the school

Negotiations have been delayed, with wages proving a major sticking point and with administrators proposing increases well below union members’ demands

More than 200 workers at the museum are striking for a day in protest of stalled contract negotiations

The bipartisan Creative Economy Revitalization Act is inspired by the New Deal-era Works Progress Association and the 1970s Comprehensive Employment and Training Act

Employees at the New York institution join a phalanx of museum workers in the region seeking representation

The labour chapter would represent 130 curators, conservators, front-desk staff and others

Staff labour organisers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art reflect on their accomplishments

Job stability and ongoing inequities have become even more pressing during the pandemic, workers say

The ministry of culture has lost 75% of its funding, threatening the long-term survival of the country’s publicly funded museums and heritage sites

Accord includes average pay increases of 10% and annual bonuses for on-call workers

An overwhelming 90% of employees voted to join the United Auto Workers Local 2110

As US unemployment rates remain high, the project offers out-of-work artists $200 to "do whatever they need to do" while critiquing the expectations of capitalism

A lack of protections for—and an increase in domestic dangers to—photojournalists is becoming increasingly visible amid the pandemic and political rallies

A proposal issued to both presidential campaigns by Americans for the Arts outlines a national strategy to put creative workers back to work

The part-time staff who were spared from the axe still do not have contracts for the autumn semester, while classes have already started

The only way to change the exploitative culture and entrenched racism of art institutions is collectively, from the bottom up

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which already represents security guards, could cover all the institution’s departments