Recent News - Cultural Workers United

Legislation would give Walters Art Museum employees collective bargaining rights
January 28, 2023
Legislation filed in the Maryland legislature would allow Walters Art Museum workers to form a union.
Wisconsin museum workers ratify fair contract after several negotiations
January 20, 2023
Members finally ratified a fair contract with management in December 2022.
Cultural workers win at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
December 16, 2022
Chicago is the site of another cultural workers organizing victory. This time, it involves 600 non-tenure track faculty at the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago.
Academy Foundation workers in California win their AFSCME union
December 6, 2022
Workers at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Academy Foundation in California won their union after signing cards in support of joining AFSCME Council 36.
Workers at Pratt libraries in Baltimore join AFSCME Cultural Workers United
November 22, 2022
Workers at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore voted overwhelmingly to join AFSCME Council 67.
In landslide victory, workers at Columbus Museum of Art vote to unionize with AFSCME
November 15, 2022
More proof that the unionization drive is strong in cultural institutions – workers at the Columbus Museum of Art just formed a union through AFSCME Council 8.