Workers at the School of the Art Institute have voted to certify the Art Institute of Chicago Workers United. The union will be representing 249 employees at the school. While they won the majority vote with 115 in favor of unionizing, 40 eligible voters abstained and 48 opposed. A school spokesperson said, “The school intends to enter into good faith bargaining with AFSCME to negotiate an initial collective bargaining agreement.”
See "School of the Art Institute workers vote to join the first major museum union in Chicago", Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, January 13, 2022