Museum report·New York
Strikes Averted at Brooklyn Museum and American Folk Art Museum as Unions Reach Tentative Deals
Union workers at the Brooklyn Museum and the American Folk Art Museum have reached tentative contract agreements, averting threatened strikes. Members of UAW Local 2110 were scheduled to vote on the deals starting September 29.
Staff at the Brooklyn Museum and the American Folk Art Museum reached tentative agreements with management through their union, UAW Local 2110, heading off planned strike action. Ratification votes were set to begin September 29. The deals cap a tense round of New York museum labor negotiations, with workers at the Whitney Museum having set an October 5 strike deadline. The agreements cover wages, working conditions and job security for curatorial, education and other museum staff.
