“AIC and SAIC staff made history when they formed the first major museum union in Chicago. Now they’ve secured a landmark union contract that raises pay, creates new career opportunities, keeps health care affordable and protects workers’ rights on the job,” AFSCME Council 31 Executive Director Roberta Lynch said.

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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.

This morning, we — the non-tenure-track faculty of Art Institute of Chicago Workers United (AICWU) — filed for our union election with the National Labor Relations Board.

A strong majority of adjuncts and lecturers have signed union authorization cards and we’ve asked SAIC admin to recognize our union.

A group of SAIC students has shared a letter signed by nearly 700 students and alumni (and growing!) in support of our non-tenure-track faculty union.

Nearly 100 tenured or tenure-track SAIC faculty signed a letter of support for non-tenure-track faculty forming their union.

In a public letter to their colleagues, non-tenure-track faculty—adjuncts and lecturers—of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) announced they are forming a union. The public letter is signed by nearly 200 non-tenure-track faculty. Read it here.

Let’s get to know the members of the AICWU AIC Bargaining Team! Learn about what they do at AIC, why they love the museum and what their goals are for our first union contract.

The 17 members of the AICWU SAIC Bargaining Team have shared a little bit about themselves and their aspirations for our first union contract. Get to know our amazing colleagues here!

We have a right to organize a union and our rights are clear. These rights are protected by the national government; an employer may not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.

Now that we’ve won our union, we must come together to nominate members for election to our bargaining committee. Here’s a little about what a bargaining committee is and what role the committee plays in securing our first contract.

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