Guggenheim Museum curators move to join a union
The exterior of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, July 15, 2019. Conservators, curators and other staff members at the museum are seeking to join a union local affiliated with the United Auto Workers. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times.
by Colin Moynihan
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- For decades there were no unions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, but now its curators, conservators, editors and other employees are aiming to form the second in just over two years, organizing with a local connected to the United Auto Workers.
Workers in similar jobs are already part of collective bargaining units at institutions like the Museum of Modern Art and the New Museum of Contemporary Art.
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[co-author: Myles Moran ]
On July 21, 2021, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) issued a 3-1 decision affirming its precedent that displaying banners and a large inflatable rat (“Scabby the Rat”) near neutral employers does not violate the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or “the Act”). This decision may come as a disappointment to many employers as the NLRB under the Trump administration had been making efforts to end what many felt was unlawful secondary picketing under the Act.
Scabby’s Prior History at the Board
At issue in this case is Section 8(b)(4)(ii)(B) of the Act, which makes it “‘an unfair labor practice for a labor organization … to threaten, coerce, or restrain’ a person not party to a labor dispute ‘where … an object thereof is … forcing or requiring [him] to … cease doing business with any other person.’” For decades, unions have displayed “Scabby the Rat,” an oversized inflatable rat with r