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    News Article ● Labor Unions

    Unionized Workers at 4 NYC Museums Ratify Contracts, Quelling Strike Fears

    October 6, 2026 // Unionized staff at the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM), the Brooklyn Museum, the Jewish Museum, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, all in New York, have ratified four-year contracts with their respective managements, Artnews reports. AFAM’s union reached an agreement on its first contract, while those at the Brooklyn Museum, the Guggenheim, and the Jewish Museum gained satisfaction with their second contracts.

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    News Article ● Unionization

    State of the unions: why US museum workers are mobilising against their employers

    February 4, 2022 // TA report by the American Alliance of Museums, published in April 2021, found that museums closed to the public for an average of 28 weeks during 2020. More than 75% of those surveyed stated that their income fell by an average of 40% that year, while 56% went through rounds of layoffs and furloughs. Rehiring, in most cases, is off the table. Those who kept their positions have had to pick up the slack.

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