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In Chicago and across the U.S., frontline workers in industries that are typically thought of as difficult to unionize are organizing in greater numbers.
CHICAGO By overwhelming majorities, AFSCME went 2-for-2 in union recognition votes on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue: First the staff of the world-renowned Art institute and then faculty and staff at the museum’s art school unionized with District Council 31.
CHICAGO By overwhelming majorities, AFSCME went 2-for-2 in union recognition votes on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue: First the staff of the world-renowned Art institute and then faculty and staff at the museum’s art school unionized with District Council 31.
Employees at the School of the Art Institute voted to unionize Wednesday, one day after workers at the Art Institute also voted to form a union. It’s the first major museum union in Chicago and will represent more than 200 Art Institute employees including installers, curators, custodians, librarians and retail workers.