"Workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art have taken a major step toward unionising, joining a growing labour movement across US cultural institutions. On 17 November, the Local 2110 chapter of the United Auto Workers (UAW) filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking a union election on behalf of around 1,000 full- and part-time employees at the museum. If approved, the unit would bring together workers across conservation, visitor services, curatorial support, education, data management, retail and operations."
"For longtime staff, the decision to formally organise reflects years of concerns around pay inequity, job protection and the increasing strain of supporting one of the world's largest encyclopaedic museums. Several workers say that despite their deep commitment to the institution, compensation and staffing levels have not kept pace with New York's cost of living or with the heightened operational demands tied to capital projects and expanded programmi"
About 1,000 full- and part-time employees at the Metropolitan Museum of Art filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board through Local 2110 of the United Auto Workers seeking a union election. The proposed bargaining unit would span conservation, visitor services, curatorial support, education, data management, retail and operations. Organising began informally in 2020 amid furloughs, layoffs and shifting workloads during Covid-19 and intensified in 2022 with direct UAW involvement. Longstanding staff concerns include pay inequity, job protection and understaffing that have not matched New York living costs or increased operational demands tied to capital projects.
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