After months of organizing efforts, California Academy of Sciences museum employees voted to form a union Friday, Cal Academy Workers United, the union said Monday.
Union organizers said 77 percent of roughly 350 eligible workers voted, and of those, 77 percent voted yes to form a union.
The union's goals include negotiating better wages and benefits for workers, ensuring fair treatment and respect, and having a say in how the museum is run.
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