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Timeline

    1. November 2023

      1. Union Drive Announced at Buffalo AKG Art Museum Unions External Link 1
      2. Tacoma Art Museum Workers Vote Unanimously in Favor of Union Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
      3. After Nearly Two Years of Negotiations, Brooklyn Museum Workers Ratify First Union Contract Unions External Link 1 External Link 2

    2. October 2023

      1. Jewish Museum Workers Ratify First Contract Unions External Link 1 External Link 2

    3. August 2023

      1. Art Institue of Chicago Workers Ratify First Union Contract Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
      2. Guggenheim Workers Union Ratifies First Union Contract Unions External Link 1 External Link 2

    4. June 2023

      1. Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Union Accuses Management of Reneging on Contract Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
      2. After two year legal battle, Walters Art Museum workers vote yes on forming a union Unions External Link 1 External Link 2

    5. May 2023

      1. After two month strike, Hispanic Society Museum and Library workers approve first union contract Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
      2. Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Workers Ratify First Union Contract Unions External Link 1 External Link 2 External Link 3

    6. April 2023

      1. Smithsonian Cafeteria Workers Call for Higher Wages Unions External Link 1 External Link 2

    7. February 2023

      1. Whitney Union Members Protest Outside Museum Fundraiser Protest, Unions External Link 1

    1. December 2021

      1. MOCA Los Angeles employees still negotiating first contract with museum leaders after unionizing two years ago Staff, Unions External Link 1 External Link 2

    2. November 2021

      1. Founding of MFA Boston Union Staff, Unions External Link 1 External Link 2

    3. October 2021

      1. Founding of Baltimore Museum of Art Union Staff, Unions External Link 1 External Link 2

    4. August 2021

      1. Founding of Brooklyn Museum Union Local 2110 Staff, Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
      2. Founding of Whitney Museum Union Staff, Unions External Link 1 External Link 2

    5. April 2021

      1. Founding MASS MoCA Union Local 2110 Staff, Unions External Link 1 External Link 2

    6. February 2021

      1. First Collective Bargaining Agreement with IUOE Local 30 Guggenheim Workers Union Staff, Unions External Link 1 External Link 2