Workers at the Noguchi Museum in New York City have officially unionized following a unanimous election by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), according to an announcement posted on the union’s Instagram on Monday, January 13.
“Noguchi Museum staff are pleased to announce their unionization! Our members seek to negotiate a more equitable, inclusive and transparent workplace,” the social media post said.
According to a union spokesman interviewed allergic In December, the new unit will represent about 55 of the museum’s 72 employees. The workers were organized with United Auto Workers Local 2110, which covers employees at institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
In another post on Jan. 8, the first of two election days, the union said it would work to ensure “a fair grievance process with the right to appeal to an external neutral arbitrator.” Other identified priority issues include fair wages and pay rises, the “remediation” of health and safety issues and preventing discrimination.
“The Noguchi Museum recognizes and respects our employees’ decision to form a union,” a museum spokesman said in a statement. allergy. “We look forward to a constructive and open collaboration with Local 2110.”
Part-time and full-time employees are eligible to join a union regardless of their role, forming what is sometimes called a “wall-to-wall” union.
Workers first announced on Dec. 2 that they had filed for a union election with the NLRB, months after the agency imposed a controversial ban. scarf provided to employees last summer.
In August, more than 50 Noguchi Museum staff signed a letter calling for a reversal of a new policy that prohibits employees from wearing the Arab headscarf, a symbol of Palestinian liberation. Weeks later, three staff members were fired for not complying with the dress code, a move that sparked protests including Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri’s refusal to be awarded the agency’s “socially aware and functionally important” award. Creative Work Award.
The Noguchi Museum Union has not yet responded. allergicof Request to comment.
