Employees of Shedd Aquarium voted more than 75% Yes to form their union, Shedd Workers United/AFSCME! Tonight we celebrate, tomorrow we get to work making Shedd a better place for all. 🎉
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Illinois cultural workers union, incl @AICWUtweets, Chicago Public Library, Field Museum, MSI, MCA, Shedd, more! Fam: @afscme31 @cwuafscme @afscme
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Workers then marched together to deliver a letter to Shedd CEO Bridget Coughlin requesting the aquarium’s voluntary recognition of their union. If she refuses, they will vote in a union election in the coming weeks.
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“What we want is for Shedd Aquarium—an institution focused on sustainability for marine life—to place an equal focus on making this a sustainable place to work,” said Rachel Berey-Wingate, a member of the organizing committee who works in the aquarium’s learning & community dept.
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State Reps. Marcus Evans and Lilian Jimenez, Chicago Ald. Bill Conway, and CFL Secretary-Treasurer Don Villar stood with the workers and called on management to end its anti-union campaign.
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NEWS: Today workers at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago announced strong majority support for their union and that they have filed with the NLRB!
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The fishy business at the Shedd continues.
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NEWS: @shedd_aquarium management charged with breaking labor law
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Something STINKS at the Shedd, and it ain’t the fish 🐟🐠 #UnionBustingIsDisgusting
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NEWS: @shedd_aquarium management charged with breaking labor law
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Today Julianna watched as the Worker Freedom of Speech Act—a bill backed by @afscme31, the IL AFL-CIO, and other unions in Illinois—was signed into law. Now, such meetings are illegal—and management will face the consequences for holding them.
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Like many workers at the Shedd Aquarium, Julianna Quiroz, a guest relations ambassador, was forced to attend mandatory meetings where management tried to frighten and intimidate workers in an attempt to dissuade them from forming a union.
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Brittney Thompson is learning programs coordinator at Shedd Aquarium. "Unionization democratizes the workplace for the benefit of all staff," Brittney says. "A Shedd union would allow staff to work for new futures at Shedd and new futures for the Chicago workforce!"
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Shedd Aquarium Guest Relations Ambassador Alexis Quirk supports our union Shedd Workers United because Alexis knows that, together in our union, we can bargain for the things we want and need, like job security!
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Our two labor chairs in the General Assembly, Senator Robert Peters and Assistant Majority Leader Marcus Evans, were out with @ilcwuafscme at the Shedd standing up to union busting.
In Illinois, we say 'no' to union busting - including captive audience meetings.
#1u
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We greatly appreciate your leadership and standing with us, @senpetersil!
State Senator Robert Peters@senpetersil
Proud to stand in solidarity with Shedd Workers United. Our cultural institutions are vital parts of our city and the workers both at the front and behind the scenes are an important part of that.
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Thank you Commissioner @AnthonyJQuezada for your support!
Anthony Joel Quezada@AnthonyJQuezada
Solidarity with the workers at the @shedd_aquarium! As a lifelong Chicagoan, I am ashamed that management at the Shedd is engaging in an anti-union campaign. Don’t ruin the reputation of this great cultural & scientific institution - respect the workers! Chicago is a union town.
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Today more than a dozen lawmakers stood beside workers and demanded that management end its anti-union campaign. Another 150 elected officials from federal, state and local government signed on to a letter saying management should respect employees’ rights to organize freely.
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Shedd Aquarium workers are blowing the whistle on management’s aggressive anti-union campaign.
Shedd leadership has threatened workers, required employees to attend captive-audience meetings, torn down pro-union literature and more.
More: afscme31.org/news/shedd-wor…
@ilcwuafscme
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Employees leave jobs they love because wages are too low, professional development isn't available or other preventable reasons. Lauren Seals works in development at Shedd Aquarium and supports Shedd Workers United because, "together in our union, we can retain staff!"
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