Workers at The Met have petitioned to facilitate a union election for nearly 1,000 full- and part-time employees. Workers ranging from salaried to hourly staff cited “long-term pay inequities, lack of job protection, and ever-increasing workloads” as reasons for organizing. Nearly half of the museum’s 2,015 employees would be represented if the vote to unionize passes, making The Met’s unit one of the largest museum unions in the US. “The Met strives to ensure that we are not only one of the world’s leading art museums, but that we are also a workplace where our exceptional staff can succeed and thrive,” a spokesperson for The Met said in a statement to Hyperallergic. “We respect the right to seek union representation and are proud of our longstanding relationships with DC37 and Local 306 IATSE, which represent a large segment of our staff.” “The union effort was started during the pandemic by a group of long-time staff who know the Met extremely well and have been through multiple ...