Art Institute union doubles in size as more than 600 nontenured faculty vote to join
More than 600 adjunct professors and lecturers at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago voted to unionize Tuesday, doubling the size of the city’s first major museum union.The Art Institute of Chicago Workers United already represents about 600 staff members at both the museum and its affiliated school.
Supporters gather during an Art Institute of Chicago Workers United union rally for non-tenure-track faculty members outside the Art Institute of Chicago on Sept. 21, 2022. When faculty members announced their intention to unionize earlier this year, many expressed frustration with what they described as“We simply need better contracts,” Danny Floyd, a lecturer in the school’s visual and critical studies department, said Tuesday.
Like other lecturers who make up part of the new bargaining unit, Floyd does not receive health insurance through his work at the school, where he has taught for more than eight years. “I’m really happy that we have power at the negotiating table as a result of this vote,” he said. “I really look forward to improving our school for my colleagues and for my students.”
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