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Plus, the staff of the Brooklyn Museum are the latest to launch a union push, and Germany launches an exchange program with African museums.
Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-Hee. Photo: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images.
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MASS MoCA staff votes to unionize
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Patrons check out one of James Turrell s light-centered environments at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, Mass. The staff there voted to unionize on Wednesday.
The staff of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, Massachusetts, voted decisively to unionize, it was announced on Wednesday.
According to the statement released by the National Labor Relations Board, the ballot process began on April 6 with mail-in ballots that were counted on Wednesday via Zoom. The final vote was 53 for unionizing and 15 against.
The museum staff petitioned the NLRB on March 8 for a union election to join Technical, Office and Professional Union Local 2110 UAW. They cited poor working conditions, especially during the pandemic, as well as what they said were unilateral decisions made by museum leadership on issues that affected staff.
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Museum management’s appeal delays union vote result
The vote was held this month, but the Portland Museum of Art has asked the National Labor Relations Board to review its decision allowing gallery ambassadors to decide whether to unionize.
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The ballots of a Dec. 22 unionization vote by Portland Museum of Art gallery ambassadors have been temporarily impounded until the National Labor Relations Board acts on management’s request for a review.
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PORTLAND The result of a unionization vote this month by 23 Portland Museum of Art employees remains unknown pending a museum management appeal to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).