During a period of labor organizing in museums across the country, workers in Philadelphia are now outside carrying picket signs. They’re frustrated with lengthy wage negotiations.
Nearly 200 of the museum's 300-plus workers walked off the job and are picketing outside the famous Center City museum. A union leader vowed that they would not.
Violent acts in museums are rare, experts say, but the seriousness of the recent attack at the Museum of Modern Art has focused attention on protecting visitors and employees.
Workers at nearly two dozen American art museums have created collective bargaining units in recent years to push for better pay and working conditions.