Labour
Union accuses New Museum of ‘discriminatory’ layoffs and furloughs
Complaint to the National Labor Relations Board accuses institution of retaliating against bargaining unit members
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
In a virtual rally, Carnegie Museums employees launch union organising drive
Goals include a greater role in decision-making at the four Pittsburgh institutions, which reopened Monday
Labour organising committee assails Philadelphia museum’s use of a ‘union avoidance’ law firm
Employees call on the museum to take a position of neutrality in any union vote
‘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
New York art-handling company lays off pro-union workers, while others are paid to stay home during coronavirus pandemic
Teamsters union has filed charges against the company with the National Labor Relations Board claiming the cuts are retaliation against efforts to organise
Jeremy Corbyn promises £1bn culture fund in Labour Party election manifesto
Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats commit to stopping Brexit and protecting arts funding through the National Lottery
Los Angeles's Marciano Art Foundation lays off staff trying to unionise
The private museum cited low attendance records over the past few weeks in a short letter to nearly six dozen workers who recently announced they voted to join a union
Rally at New Museum reception brings attention to union negotiations
Bargaining committee member says it is “feeling hopeful that progress will be made”
Employees at the Guggenheim seek to unionise
Labour representative says the organisation is engaged in “union-busting” tactics
Art world’s wage inequality sparks waves of protests
As institutions pursue multimillion-dollar expansions, workers feel the squeeze and try to organise
Vancouver Art Gallery staff strike continues
Union boss calls museum's recent offer "an insult"
New Museum employees vote to unionise
Staff members overwhelmingly support joining a local that represents MoMA employees
National Portrait gallery plays host to Blair as Tate Modern passes on Labour Party's party
Due to a policy not to allow political events, the Tate declined to host Tony Blair's shindig