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Seattle Art Museum Workers Are Unionizing

On Wednesday morning, Seattle Art Museum (SAM) workers announced that their union, Seattle Art Museum Workers United (SAMWU), was affiliating with the Washington Federation of State Employees/AFSCME Council 28 (WFSE). Their unit will represent over 100 eligible SAM employees across a wide range of departments—marketing, curatorial, education, administration, development, environmental services, and more—but notably not […] The post Seattle Art Museum Workers Are Unionizing appeared first on The Stranger.