Posts tagged DC37

    Met Workers Vote to Join Local 2110 UAW, Creating One of the Nation’s Largest Museum Unions

    January 19, 2026 // The new union, approved by a vote of 542-172, comprises staff from across 50 departments at the Met, including curators, conservators, librarians, visitor experience coordinators, and archivists. According to a statement from Local 2110, roughly 100 ballots remain sealed due to a management challenge, which objected to their inclusion in the union. Whether they will ultimately join the union will be decided through “a mutually agreed upon arbitration process” after the union is officially certified by the National Labor Relations Board,

    Workers at Some of the World’s Largest Museums Are Demanding Fairer Pay

    December 2, 2025 // The potential new union chapter at the Met is with the Technical, Office, and Professional Union, Local 2110, part of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) union. The museum does have union chapters for projectionists and audio/visual technicians with Local 306 IATSE, and for about 700 security guards with Local 1503, part of DC 37, and there has previously been an attempt to establish a wall-to-wall union bringing all staff together in one chapter.

    Met Museum Workers Move to Unionize

    November 20, 2025 // On Monday morning, a labor union petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to approve a bargaining unit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that would cover roughly 1,000 salaried and hourly workers across the museum’s sectors. If the vote passes, the Met would rank among the largest unionized museums in the nation.