Overview
- Local 2110 of the UAW filed an NLRB petition on November 17 to hold a union election for nearly 1,000 full- and part-time Met employees across departments.
- If approved by workers, the unit would cover close to half of the museum’s 2,015 staff, positioning it among the largest museum unions in the United States.
- Organizers cite long-term pay inequities, limited job protections, heavier workloads, changes to work-from-home policies, and erosion of benefits as core concerns.
- The Met says it respects employees’ right to organize and notes existing relationships with DC37 and Local 306 IATSE, adding that salaries have risen about 4% annually and that roughly 600 employees earn over $100,000.
- Organizing discussions began in 2020 with formal outreach to Local 2110 in 2022, and the petition initiates the official process toward an NLRB-supervised election.