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Investigations and reporting on the economics of cultural work. Covers unions, strikes, working conditions, and pay equity, as well as philanthropy, museum governance, and the flow of capital that shapes the art world.

Labor and Capital

Investigations and reporting on the economics of cultural work. Covers unions, strikes, working conditions, and pay equity, as well as philanthropy, museum governance, and the flow of capital that shapes the art world.

Labor and Capital   -   Aug 23, 2026 WNDR Museum is closing both of its U.S. locations
WNDR Museum is closing both of its U.S. locations

The immersive art company will shut its Boston space on August 30.

Labor and Capital   -   Aug 22, 2026 Toledo Museum of Art worker says his union support got him fired
Toledo Museum of Art worker says his union support got him fired

The museum says Timothy Spurchise was dismissed for cause and calls his union activity "completely irrelevant."

Art Institute of Chicago custodians lose museum jobs as outsourcing takes effect
Labor and Capital   -   Aug 24, 2026 Art Institute of Chicago custodians lose museum jobs as outsourcing takes effect

Management had set August 14 as the day the positions would end.

by Adam Schrader
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Labor and Capital   -   Aug 24, 2026 Art Institute of Chicago custodians lose museum jobs as outsourcing takes effect
Art Institute of Chicago custodians lose museum jobs as outsourcing takes effect

Management had set August 14 as the day the positions would end.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Aug 23, 2026 WNDR Museum is closing both of its U.S. locations
WNDR Museum is closing both of its U.S. locations

The immersive art company will shut its Boston space on August 30.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Aug 22, 2026 Toledo Museum of Art worker says his union support got him fired
Toledo Museum of Art worker says his union support got him fired

The museum says Timothy Spurchise was dismissed for cause and calls his union activity "completely irrelevant."

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Aug 19, 2026 Met union accuses museum of stalling arbitration over 110 challenged workers
Met union accuses museum of stalling arbitration over 110 challenged workers

The museum challenged the eligibility of roughly 100 ballots after the January election.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Aug 13, 2026 Labor board dismisses South Street Seaport Museum workers’ first contract charge
Labor board dismisses South Street Seaport Museum workers’ first contract charge

The case was one of nearly 400 the labor board's general counsel pulled out of its New York region weeks before it was dismissed.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Aug 07, 2026 Feds revise New York State Museum report, removing reference to prosecution
Feds revise New York State Museum report, removing reference to prosecution

The watchdog changed the report's disposition from a declined criminal prosecution to a declined civil-enforcement action on August 3.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Aug 06, 2026 Charges behind two open Art Institute of Chicago labor cases revealed as NLRB faces delays
Charges behind two open Art Institute of Chicago labor cases revealed as NLRB faces delays

The NLRB told workers behind the charges that a record caseload could delay them, and one has been open for over 15 months.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Aug 04, 2026 Eric Carle Museum workers file for a union election
Eric Carle Museum workers file for a union election

Thirty-six full- and part-time staff at the Amherst museum are organizing with UAW Local 2110.

by Adam Schrader
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