For a free and fair union election at the Art Institute of Chicago & SAIC!
Management of AIC and SAIC must stop interfering in the Art Institute of Chicago Workers United (AICWU) union election. I call on the museum and the school to embrace the following principles:
- True neutrality. The employer should cease its efforts to persuade employees to vote for no union and take a neutral position on the question of unionization.
- No intimidation. Recognizing the inherent imbalance of power between management and workers, leadership should cease its dissemination of anti-union talking points, cancel anti-union trainings with middle managers, and instruct managers not to talk about the election or related issues with employees.
- Museum/school resources for museum/school mission. Expenditures on attorneys or consultants for the purpose of influencing employees' vote should cease immediately. AIC and SAIC resources should go toward advancing AIC's and SAIC's missions.
- Non-disparagement. Neither the employer nor the union should distribute literature which disparages either party.
- Equal access/equal time. If the employer holds meetings at work/on work time at which the election is discussed, the union should be present, with equal access and equal time.