Detroit History Workers Make History With #Union Win

The workers at the Detroit Historical Society join other Detroit cultural workers fighting to create better institutions for both employees and the community.

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@afscme.bsky.social #MuseumLife

Whitney Workers Draw the Line—and Win a Contract

The Whitney union was among four New York City museum labor units under @uaw.org Local 2110 that voted to strike amid prolonged contract negotiations this year.

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#MuseumWorkers #MuseumLife

George Eastman Museum Workers Win #Union Vote

We are one union, the union is US!” organizers celebrated.

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#MuseumLife #MuseumWorkers #RochesterNY #NewYork

...and 3) admire the Sámi art intervention in the open air museum. #museumlife

Brooklyn Museum and American Folk Art Museum #Unions Reach Tentative Agreements

The proposals have not yet been revealed, though the unions have been mobilizing for a wage floor of around $71,000.

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#MuseumWorkers #MuseumLife @uaw.org

Whitney Union Times Strike Date Ahead of Major Lichtenstein Retrospective

“It’s not that we want to strike… We’d rather be working and doing our jobs but our wages are untenable for making ends meet in New York City.”

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#MuseumLife @uaw.org

Today in #museumlife I’m a day away from a bucket list trip & wrestling with something re:grant writing & AI that I can’t outline here. Let me just say: if anyone burns it all down—all the LLMs, data centers, environmental destruction & theft—while I’m gone? I’ll be a lot more likely to come back.

Stayed for a late digital meeting & got locked in at the museum. Seriously, museums are scary after dark 😱 Look at this thing practicing for Halloween! #museumlife

George Eastman Museum Staffers Move To Unionize

Workers point to unclear job roles, high turnover rates, poor wages, and more as major factors.

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#MuseumWorkers #MuseumLife #RochesterNY

Whitney, Brooklyn, and American Folk Art Museums Authorize Strike

Strike dates haven’t been set, but the three groups noted that each museum has a major exhibition opening in early October.

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#NewYork #NYC #MuseumLife @uaw.org

LABOR LANDMARK OF THE WEEK

Where is it, and what does it commemorate? Find out more at tinyurl.com/mwdttr9d

@Steelworkers #Ohio #MuseumLife

Ok, we're ready to talk about the gnomes. #dmns #museumlife

SPECIAL LABOR DAY EDITION OF THE LABOR HERITAGE POWER HOUR

Workers Fight Back in Newsrooms and Museums

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#Journalism #Media #MuseumWorkers #MuseumLife #LaborDay

Right NOW on the Labor Heritage Power Hour

Museum workers are organizing for living wages, affordable health care, safer workplaces, job security and a future in the institutions they help sustain.

Listen live at bit.ly/3P0fK8w or on WPFW 89.3 FM in #WashingtonDC

#MuseumLife @uaw.org

Next up on the Labor Heritage Power Hour

Museum workers are often told their jobs are a “labor of love.” Maida Rosenstein of @uaw.org Local 2110 explains why love doesn’t pay the rent.

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#MuseumLife #Organizing

TODAY on a special #LaborDay Labor Heritage Power Hour:

What turned Labor Day into America’s “respectable” workers’ holiday? And why are journalists and museum workers organizing now?

📻 Tune in at 1p Eastern at bit.ly/3P0fK8w or on WPFW 89.3 FM in #WashingtonDC

#LaborHistory #Media #MuseumLife

#Seattle Museum Workers Launch Union Effort

MOHAI Workers United — which would represent 32 museum staff — intends to unionize with @cwaunion.bsky.social Local 7800.

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#WashingtonState #MuseumLife #MuseumWorkers

#ReadABookDay

We’re always diving into books at the museum, whether it’s for research or just for fun. What’s the last awesome book you read? 📚

#pwrr #books #reading #museumarchive #museumlife