“We expect that, after we show them that we can shut the museum down…[management] will come to the table,” the bargaining unit’s president said.American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees members rally in support of a union contract at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Union.
On Friday, September 16, members of the Philadelphia Museum of Art union will go on strike for one day in what they call a “warning to museums management.” More than 150 workers across nearly all departments at the institution will be picketing in front of each of the venue’s doors. The move marks the latest salvo in a prolonged, and often contentious, period of contract negotiations between the bargaining unit and its employer that goes back to October 2020. Health care, paid parental leave, and wage increases are among the topics that have been battled over in weekly meetings.He explained that the workers’ group and museum management have “quite a few” tentative agreements on the table, but all of them are “non-economic.
The strike comes just three weeks after the bargaining unit filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging that the museum has “repeatedly violated federal law by engaging in union-busting activity during contract negotiations.” PMA management is represented by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, aSince the charge was filed, negotiation sessions between the union and the museum have soured even more, Rizzo said.
“We expect that, after we show them that we can shut the museum down…[management] will come to the table,” he said.is ON STRIKE tomorrow at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Come down and join us on the picket line.
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