Today, workers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania announced they are forming a union and joining us in Philly Cultural Workers United - AFSCME District Council 47 Local 397.

We are excited to welcome these Philly cultural workers as the seventh chapter of Local 397!

Earlier this week, our chapter at the Penn Museum voted unanimously to ratify their new union contract! Their win follows weeks of intense negotiations. The previous contract expired on June 30th and members had voted unanimously to authorize a strike if necessary.

PMA contract ratified! Last night, members of our chapter at the Philadelphia Museum of Art voted 99% to ratify a new 3-year union contract! The founding chapter of our local, PMA Union has been fighting for many of the wins in this contract since first unionizing in 2020!

We are pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with The Fabric Workshop and Museum for a voluntary recognition process, a first for any group joining Philly CWU-AFSCME 397! Read the full statement here: bit.ly/FWMUVR

We’re stickered up at Philly’s Independence Seaport Museum and ready to win our union! Our vote is this Wednesday and Rowan, a Shipboard Educator, is wearing her #UnionYes sticker 😎 excited to join
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Hear from Oonagh in Visitor services at Philly’s Fabric Workshop: “I support the unionization…because I believe that FWM’s mission of elevating and supporting artists should include the skilled artists and staff that work throughout the museum departments to facilitate the museums success”

More Philly museum workers are unionizing!! Today, workers at the Fabric Workshop & Museum announced they are forming a union and joining our local Philly Cultural Workers United @afscmedc47.bsky.social

The resolution stipulates specific actions so that Philly CWU “stands in solidarity with all communities under attack….We stand united with all workers, particularly the most vulnerable among us. Solidarity is key to beating back the attacks on immigrants, workers, and unions.”

Philly CWU has voted: We are a Sanctuary Union! At last night’s membership meeting, union members proposed and voted to approve a resolution designating Philly Cultural Workers United -AFSCME DC47 Local 397 as a “sanctuary union.” What does that mean? Read on...

Our Union Election has been scheduled!
When: Wednesday, May 7, 12-2pm
Where: In the Museum’s employee breakroom/lunchroom
Who: Us, the union-eligible staff of Philadelphia’s Independence Seaport Museum!
Why: To win our union!!!

More Philly museum workers are unionizing! Today, workers at the Independence Seaport Museum announced they are forming a union in affiliation with us, Philly Cultural Workers United AFSCME Local 397.

Please join us in welcoming them to the movement, and stay tuned for more updates!

Contract negotiations for our union at Schuylkill Center continued yesterday. Employees from across the Center joined for open bargaining, seeing and hearing our Director reject our proposals for protecting our work from being outsourced. We are disappointed to hear how little she…

Headlines @bloomberglaw we woke up to today. The NLRB the federal agency enforcing the labor laws for all private-sector employees—70% of all people employed in the United States—now lacks the quorum to decide cases.