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AICWU Updates & Writings

AIC WU 12/13/22 AIC WU 12/13/22

SAIC adjunct professors, lecturers vote to join AICWU/AFSCME

More than 600 non-tenure-track faculty of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) have voted overwhelmingly to form their union. The adjunct professors and lecturers voted 377 Yes to 33 No (92%) to join Art Institute of Chicago Workers United (AICWU), the AFSCME-affiliated local union formed last year by staff of the school and museum.

AIC WU 11/23/21 AIC WU 11/23/21

Union election dates set at Art Institute, SAIC

AIC WU 8/25/21 AIC WU 8/25/21

Museum, school hire anti-worker firms to fight employees

In an attempt to target and undermine us, their own employees, AIC/SAIC senior leadership has hired two costly firms to fight our choice to organize.

AIC WU 8/19/21 AIC WU 8/19/21

Support from Nearly 150 Elected Officials for Art Institute of Chicago Workers’ Union

Strong message to museum, school: Organizing must be “free from employer interference”

AIC WU 8/8/21 AIC WU 8/8/21

AICWU Press: Launch Week!

It’s been a busy week! More than 300 employees of the Art Institute of Chicago are coming together to form our union, the Art Institute of Chicago Workers United (AICWU). Read about our launch and hear from AICWU members in the news.