Who We Represent
AFSCME CWU represents over 35,000 cultural workers across the country, more than any other union, including 10,000 museum workers at 100 cultural institutions and 25,000 library workers at 275 libraries. Check out some of the institutions we represent and current organizing campaigns below!
Arizona
- Pima County Public Library
California
- Academy Museum Workers United
- Academy Foundation Workers Union
- Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
- Creative Growth United
- Museum of Contemporary Art – Los Angeles (MOCA Union)
- San Jose Zoo
- El Pueblo Historical Monument
- Los Angeles Public Library
- The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens
- Kidspace United
- Oakland Museum of California
Colorado
Connecticut
- Eric Sloane Museum
- Henry Whitfield State Museum
- Old New-Gate Prison
- Prudence Crandall Museum
- South Windsor Library
District of Columbia
Florida
- Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts
- Frost Art Museum
- Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville
- Museum of Florida History
- Eaton Black Archives Research Center and Museum
Hawaii
- Hawaii State Public Library System
Illinois
- Art Institute of Chicago Workers United
- School Art Institute of Chicago
- Field Museum
- Newberry Library
- Niles Maine Library District
- Chicago Public Library
- Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
- Illinois State Museum
- John G. Shedd Aquarium
- Luthy Botanical Garden - Peoria
- Washington Botanical Garden - Springfrield
- St Charles Library
- Niabi Zoo - Rock Island
- Waukegan Public Library
- Henson-Robinson Zoo - Springfield
- Oak Lawn Library
- Peoria Zoo
- Phillips Park Zoo
- Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Indiana
Iowa
- Iowa Children's Museum
- Sioux City Public Museum
- State Historical Museum of Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
- Louisville Free Public Library
Maryland
- Baltimore Museum of Art Union
- Walters Workers United
- Enoch Pratt Free Library
- Howard County Library
Massachusetts
- Boston Public Library
- MIT Libraries
- EcoTarium (Worcester Natural Historical Society)
- Harvard Museums (Art Museum, Science Museum, Natural History Museum)
- Hamilton Wenham Public Library
Michigan
- Monroe County Museum
- Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm
Minnesota
- Walker Art Center
- Minnesota Historical Society Union
- Walker Worker Union
- Minnesota Historical Society Workers Union
- Minnesota Zoo
- Weisman Art Museum
- Kitchigami Regional Library System
Missouri
- Daniel Boone Regional Library Workers United
- St. Louis Zoo
New Hampshire
New Jersey
- Shippen Manor
- Trenton City Museum
- Zimmerli Art Museum
- Longwood Public Library
- Cape May Count Park & Zoo
New Mexico
- New Mexico State University Library
- New Mexico State University Museum
New York
- Longwood Library
- American Museum of Natural History
- Central Park Zoo
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Brooklyn Children's Museum
- Brooklyn Public Library
- Brooklyn Museum of Art
- El Museo del Barrio
- New York Botanical Garden
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum of Jewish Heritage
- New York Aquarium
- Croton Free Library
- Storm King Art Center Workers Union
- Schoharie County Historical Society
- Museum of the City of New York
- New York Hall of Science
- Staten Island Historical Society
- State Island Institute of Arts and Sciences
Ohio
- Columbus Museum of Art Workers United
- Wex Workers United
- Cincinnati Zoo
- Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
- Contemporary Arts Center Workers United
- Ohio Expo Center and State Fair
- Clermont County Library
- Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
- Holden Forests & Garden
Oregon
- Oregon Zoo
- Deschutes County Public Library
- Multnomah County Library
- Hillsboro Public Library
Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia Museum of Art Union
- Penn Museum Workers United
- Philadelphia Zoo
- Please Touch Museum Workers United
- Free Library of Philadelphia
- Moravian Pottery and Tileworks
- The Stovers-Myers Mill
- Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
- Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
Tennessee
- Pink Palace Family of Museums
- Memphis Botanical Gardens
- Brooks Museum
- Memphis Zoo
Texas
- Houston Public Library
Utah
Vermont
- Vermont Historical Society
Washington
- Lacey Museum
- Washington State Historical Society
- Whatcom Museum of History and Art
- North Central Washington Libraries
- Tacoma Art Museum Workers United
Wisconsin
- Kenosha Public Museum
- Oshkosh Public Museum
- Racine Art Museum
- Milwaukee Public Museum