Philly Cultural Workers United

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!

Whew! We want to congratulate every @afscmedc47.bsky.social member on everything we’ve accomplished together over the past four months, the busiest, most productive in our history. From organizing new members to negotiating new contracts, we celebrate our wins and continue the fight!

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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ABO...ABO...ABO...Always Be Organizing! Congrats and welcome to the newest groups of workers unionizing with us at AFSCME DC47. Philly Defender Staff Union won their election on April 2nd. Independence Seaport Museum Workers United have an election upcoming on May 7th!

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...

Happy Earth Day, from all of us @afscmedc47.bsky.social 😘

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!

An Important Message for Philly CWU members from the local’s Election Committee: Please join us for our Nominating Meeting, Tuesday, April 1st at 7pm, when we’ll be taking nominations for officers, delegates, and one trustee position of AFSCME Local 397. Register using the Zoom link in your email!

Yesterday members of @aaup-penn.bsky.social, GETUP, @afscme590.bsky.social, CIR, @rapup-uaw.bsky.social & @phillycwu.bsky.social showed Penn what a petition signed by 1,100+ coworkers looks like. (Turn sound on!) Solidarity with higher ed workers at Columbia and everywhere. Let’s fight like hell!

We know Trump’s new NLRB appointee Crystal Carey. We sat across the table from her when she was representing @philamuseum.bsky.social mgmt in the negotiations for our first union contract. The negotiations that dragged on for years and we won with a 3 week strike. We know Crystal Carey all too well.

Penn must uphold research, sanctuary, DEIA, nondiscrimination, and the rights of all members of our community All Penn employees (including student workers) are invited to sign: scroll down to add your name. Signing this petition indicates that you agree to the statements outlined in the coalition statement b...

[2/2] and if you work at Penn, now is a great time to sign and share the joint petition co-sponsored by AAUP-Penn, GET-UP, CIR/SEIU, Penn Libraries United / @afscme590.bsky.social, Penn Museum Workers United / @phillycwu.bsky.social AFSCME DC47 Local 397, and @rapup-uaw.bsky.social

Flyer: On March 20, stand together with Penn employees and tell Penn: Do not obey in advance! RALLY TO UPHOLD RESEARCH + JOBS, SANCTUARY, DEIA, AND THE RIGHTS OF ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY March 20 * 12-1pm corner of 34th & Walnut sign the petition at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZ9tmPM9Jvf5rMJYGflqKvNL2MhsbJykGe_3RxLCW08-8QlA/viewform?usp=preview Union logos: AAUP-Penn, GETUP, Penn Libraries United, AFSCME Local 590, RAPUP, Philly Cultural Workers Unites, CIR

Tomorrow! Come stand with members of AAUP-Penn, GET-UP, CIR/SEIU, Penn Libraries United / @afscme590.bsky.social, Penn Museum Workers United / @phillycwu.bsky.social AFSCME DC47 Local 397, & @rapup-uaw.bsky.social and call on Penn to uphold sanctuary, research and jobs, DEIA, and LGBTQ+ rights

Back in negotiations this Friday. What will Schuylkill Center management say this time? 🫠

We’re here to spread the news that @philamuseum.bsky.social management is asking for *your* feedback. They have a survey and anyone (18 or older) can fill it out. Have something you want to tell PMA senior leadership? They want to hear it 😁 survey.alchemer.com/s3/8056406/p...

…values us and the skills and experience we bring to the work we do, the same work she brags about to donors and the public.

Protecting our jobs from being outsourced may not mean much to our Director. We’ll keep showing up to let her know it is important to US
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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…

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

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.

New union acct just dropped! 👋

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Hello BlueSky! We are Philly Cultural Workers United, a union of Philly museum and cultural workers. We are workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, @pennmuseum.bsky.social, Please Touch Museum, and the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. Also find us @ PhillyCWU on Instagram