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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 ● Corruption Labor Unions

    ‘Cronyism is alive and well’: With hundreds of thousands of dollars misused in their union, University workers allege mismanagement and retaliation

    December 10, 2025 // Both Hannigan and Ventura said that the local’s general body has not been informed of the Department of Labor investigation—even after Molina received the subpoena. “There’s no transparency there,” Ventura said. “A lot of members don’t know what actually is going on in the union.” McAllister, a union member, said Molina “failed the membership” by not notifying them of the federal investigation. “He knew about what had transpired and he made no effort to speak about it at the general membership meeting,” McAllister said. “He failed us as a leader—I use the word lightly.”

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    News Article ● Labor Unionization Unions

    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.

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