Workers at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry have voted to approve their first union contract.

The contract with the Hyde Park museum covers roughly 120 employees, and includes an average 8% pay raise and 3% annual increase over the next two years, according to a Wednesday statement from the Museum of Science and Industry Workers United.

The contract also adds holiday pay for part-time employees, policy changes on remote work, just cause for discipline, a grievance procedure and a joint committee on paid parental leave.

Union members approved the contract in a “near-unanimous” vote last week, according to the statement.

The union, formed in 2023 , had been locked in tense negotiations the museum before reaching a tentative deal in November. The union voted in September to auth

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