Our union in the news
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Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon, Cal Academy Utilizes A.I. after Laying Off 50 Employees
San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences is a world class museum. Here’s how it dies
San Francisco Standard, Skeletons in the closet: Inside the unraveling of the California Academy of Sciences
KQED Forum, Facing Headwinds, Bay Area Museums Adapt
KQED, ‘Chop From the Top’: California Academy of Sciences Union Pushes Back on Layoffs
SF Gate, San Francisco institution announces round of layoffs after losing millions
Mission Local, Cal Academy wants to lay them off. They’re coming in to work anyway
Fox KTVU, California Academy of Science cuts jobs, cites multi-million dollar deficit
SF Chronicle, San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences cuts jobs as financial strain deepens
Mission Local, Cal Academy workers ratify first union contract
SEIU 1021, Cal Academy of Sciences members march on management, deliver petition demanding fair contract
San Francisco Standard, As Bay Area museums struggle, their workers are moving to unionize
SEIU 1021, Workers from 8 Bay Area museums rally outside California Association of Museums Conference in SF, demanding collaboration & livable wages
Mission Local, S.F. Youth Commission backs Cal Academy teens after museum nixed youth group
Mission Local, Cal Academy cuts youth program after teens show solidarity with union
San Francisco Examiner, Cal Academy of Sciences, union negotiating first labor contract
Science, California Academy of Sciences reeling from budget cuts
San Francisco Standard, Academy of Science is cutting dozens of jobs, mine included. SF should ask why
Broke-Ass Stuart, Academy of Sciences Workers Say Unionizing Efforts Are at A Breaking Point
San Francisco Chronicle, S.F.’s California Academy of Sciences trustees meet as fears of layoffs loom. View in Incognito mode to bypass paywall.
San Francisco Standard, Layoffs feared at deficit-plagued Academy of Sciences
San Francisco Chronicle, S.F.’s California Academy of Sciences workers fear budget woes will trigger painful layoffs. View in Incognito mode to bypass paywall.
Solidarity Spring comes to campus, UC Berkeley undergraduates spend spring break learning firsthand about Bay Area labor history
Solidarity Spring comes to campus, UC Berkeley undergraduates spend spring break learning firsthand about Bay Area labor history
Local News Matters, California Academy of Sciences workers vote overwhelmingly in favor of forming union
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Worker-led effort to unionize the California Academy of Sciences proves successful
Mission Local, After monthslong push, Cal Academy workers vote to unionize
Local News Matters, California Academy of Sciences workers near union vote following pandemic-era insecurity
SFGate, California Academy of Sciences to have union election
Mission Local, Cal Academy of Sciences workers move to unionize
Mission Local, Cal Academy leaders refuse to recognize workers’ union
KQED, CalAcademy Workers United file for union election
KQED, CalAcademy Workers United go public with union campaign