For a free and fair union election at the Art Institute of Chicago & SAIC!

AICWU sign
https://www.AICWU.org

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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Non-disparagement. Neither the employer nor the union should distribute literature which disparages either party.
  5. 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.