September 16, 2022 Columbus Museum of Art employees seek voluntary recognition from museum trustees Workers at the Columbus Museum of Art have a simple request for management – recognize our union. Read More
September 07, 2022 Workers at storied Philadelphia Museum of Art authorize a strike Workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art are so serious about getting a contract that they have authorized a strike if management fails to negotiate a fair contract. Read More
July 22, 2022 Baltimore Museum of Art workers win historic union election AFSCME’s Cultural Workers United campaign chalks up another victory. Workers at the Baltimore Museum of Art have overwhelmingly voted to form a union. Read More
July 20, 2022 Academy Museum of Motion Pictures recognizes workers’ union Workers at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures won union recognition last week. Read More
July 13, 2022 AFSCME brings Convention power, momentum to rally for Philadelphia Art Museum workers AFSCME brought Convention power to a rally for Philadelphia Museum of Art workers. Read More
June 28, 2022 Academy Museum workers seek management’s voluntary recognition for their union Academy Museum of Motion Pictures staff have a simple request for their employer – recognize our union voluntarily. Read More
June 15, 2022 National labor leaders join Philadelphia Museum of Art workers at rally for fair contract Philadelphia Museum of Art workers were joined by national and local labor leaders in a rally outside the museum to demand a fair contract. Read More
June 01, 2022 Staff at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announce they’re forming a union Workers at a Los Angeles museum for movies are seeking a voice on the job. So they are forming a union. Read More
May 20, 2022 Local 126 members ratify first contract with L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art Two years after forming their union, workers at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles have ratified their first contract. Read More
April 14, 2022 Workers at Philadelphia Museum of Art ramp up pressure for fair contract Members of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Museum are upping the pressure on management to secure their first contract. Read More
March 22, 2022 Workers at Ohio State’s Wexner Center for the Arts seek representation through AFSCME Council 8 Staff at Ohio State University’s Wexner Center for the Arts have voted to become part of AFSCME’s Cultural Workers United. Read More
February 17, 2022 Workers at MO library system seek voluntary recognition of their new union Workers at a library system in Missouri are asking management to recognize their union. Read More
February 02, 2022 Minnesota Historical Society workers win their union despite daunting odds After a hard-fought campaign, workers at the Minnesota Historical Society have formed a union and are working on their first contract. Read More
January 28, 2022 Year in review: 2021 was a banner year for Cultural Workers United Workers at museums, zoos and similar institutions are turning to AFSCME’s Cultural Workers United campaign to build power. Read More
January 20, 2022 Historic union wins at Art Institute of Chicago 500 workers at the Art Institute of Chicago and its school have formed a union through AFSCME Council 31. Welcome to the AFSCME family! Read More
November 22, 2021 Historic union election looming at Art Institute of Chicago Workers at the Art Institute of Chicago and the institute’s school have filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board seeking union elections. Read More
November 17, 2021 California curator ‘cares not only for the animals at the zoo, but for animals worldwide’ Heather Vrzal, a curator at Happy Hollow Park & Zoo in San José, Calif., is a winner of AFSCME’s Never Quit Service Award. Read More
October 05, 2021 Baltimore Museum of Art workers are latest to join a national wave of museum organizing Workers at the Baltimore Museum of Art are forming a union – the latest in a national wave of organizing in cultural institutions. Read More
October 04, 2021 Report: Cultural institutions took federal money but still let go of workers A new report released by AFSCME shows cultural institutions accepted taxpayer help to make it through the coronavirus pandemic but kept laying off workers. Read More
August 18, 2021 Walters museum workers demand inclusive union election, hold rally to up the pressure Workers at Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum are pushing management to voluntarily recognize their union. Read More
August 17, 2021 Art Institute of Chicago employees are forming a union with AFSCME Workers at the a famed Chicago art museum and school want to form a union to better serve their community. Read More
July 16, 2021 Museum reopens after shutting down following apparent chemical exposure It took collective action to temporarily close The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore after some workers were sickened by a chemical exposure. Read More
June 11, 2021 Philadelphia cultural and museum workers celebrate the formation of Local 397 Philadelphia cultural and museum workers notch a victory by joining Local 397. Read More
May 19, 2021 Cultural Workers United Welcome to Cultural Workers United, our union’s campaign to ensure that workers at cultural institutions nationwide have a voice on the job. Read More
May 18, 2021 S-T McBride honors museum workers Secretary-Treasurer Elissa McBride spoke to some AFSCME cultural workers to mark International Museum Day. Read More
May 04, 2021 The Walters Art Museum workers in Baltimore plan to form a union Workers at a famed Baltimore museum plan to form a union through AFSCME to gain a valuable voice on the job. Read More
December 23, 2020 Library workers in Oak Lawn, Illinois, are newest AFSCME members Nearly 80 workers at Oak Lawn Public Library in Illinois are now part of the AFSCME family. We welcome them. Read More
September 28, 2020 When a moment of reckoning becomes a moment of opportunity Never Quit Service Award Winner Carre Adams leads the George Washington Carver Museum through a moment of change. Read More
August 18, 2020 Philadelphia museum workers overwhelmingly vote to form a union It wasn’t easy, but workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art persisted – and now have their own union. Read More
July 22, 2020 AFSCME Council 36 reaches settlement with owners of shuttered art foundation Under a settlement procured by AFSCME District Council 36, 70 former visitor service associates at the now-closed Marciano Art Foundation will be paid 10 weeks of severance. Read More