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Workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art are striking after two years without a contract.

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Two years ago, after abuse and harassment from managers came to light and a document outlining pay disparity across departments was shared around, workers at the PMA voted to form the first wall-to-wall union at a museum in the United States. Upper management claims to have been bargaining in good faith, but instead they continuously stall negotiations or simply fail to show up at all. 

Workers at the PMA make far below the national average, with the lowest paid workers only making $15 an hour. Meanwhile the new CEO makes 700k a year and upper management makes well over the national average. The museum hired the same union busting law firm that Amazon and Starbucks uses and recently spent $230 million on renovations to the building. 

But the workers are not just striking for fair wages. They do not have affordable healthcare, to the point many employees are putting off getting medical treatment simply because they can’t afford it. There is no paid parental leave, no real job security, and very few opportunities for upward movement within the museum. Management has offered insultingly small raises (3% with no account for cost of living and inflation) after years of staff getting no raises at all. 

Today, October 7th 2022, was the 12th day of their strike. A new CEO started the first day of the strike and has not made an effort to speak with union reps at all. Today scabs were spotted hanging the upcoming retrospective exhibition of Mattisse’s work as all the art handlers are outside on strike. 

You can help! Share stories and posts on social media (@pmaunion on twitter and instagram) and show your support for the strike. If you are in the Philadelphia area and have some time, go join the picket lines! They are out there every day, rain or shine, and love having people join in. If you are a member of the museum, cancel and/or do not renew your membership and make sure the museum knows why you are doing this. If you have the means to do so, donate to their strike fund (I will add a link in a reblog), any amount helps! Most importantly, DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE. There are so many great museums in Philly you can visit instead, or donate the price of your ticket ($25 for adults, $23 for seniors, and $14 for students) or the cost of your membership to the strike fund. 

I worked at the museum for a year and the staff is some of the greatest people I have ever met. They are incredibly hard working and so passionate about what they do, that’s why they are striking- so they can keep doing the work they love in conditions that are fair, equitable, and livable. Please do anything you can to help, even if it’s just telling your friends and family about this. 

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Adding some links! 

PMA Union website Strike Fund Twitter Instagram 

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"DNI: freaks" do you realize how conservative you look

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freaks please interact

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this is the first time one of my posts has been tagged like this and out of all of them i think id be glad if this one got 100k. because firstly i need to find my fellow freaks but also we need to shame people who are anti-freak because like. why do you hate to live deliciously

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muppetk

Walking switchbacks never ever occurred to me.


But I’m big on pacing myself. Taking frequent rest breaks, etc.

sewickedthread

Another benefit of switchbacks.

If you use switchbacks to ascend & descend, you don't crash. As someone who once had the thought, 'oh, I can just take this path directly down & avoid the switchback path' that way lies falling down. And rolling. I was very lucky to avoid broken bones.

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dog walker eddie who takes steve’s retriever out for him while he’s at work. they met once when steve hired him, and eddie fell head over heels.

after that first meeting, their paths never quite cross; steve’s gone long before eddie gets there, and doesn’t get home til long after he’s finished walking and playing with the dog. but they do find ways to talk through the week. steve leaves notes on the counter -

‘Buddy’s being a real shithead today, there’s chunks of cheese in the fridge to win him over’,

‘new tube of tennis balls on the stairs. have fun!’,

‘baked some cookies yesterday - help yourself.’

and eddie smiles whenever he sees them, scribbles little notes in response. he tries not to give too much away, but then one day after a couple months, he accidentally jots a hasty ‘x’ at the end of his message. he doesn’t realise he’s done it until after he leaves. and it’s nerve wracking, letting himself back into steve’s house the next day. but when he spots steve’s note, his heart skips a beat.

‘hi, i know it’s saturday tomorrow, but i wondered if you wanted to take Buddy out together? is 11 okay? Steve x’

eddie stares at the note for a good minute, before gathering all his courage, scrawling three words and a single letter in return.

‘it’s a date. x’

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angelprotocol

honestly the human brain is so small that you *will* forget how much beauty there is out there to experience unless you leave your house every three days. ik its fucked up but i promise its true

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my brain, trying to deceive me: there's literally nothing outside!!!!! it's the same neighborhood it's always been !!!!!

me, tying my shoes: shut up shut up!!!! by god we're gonna try to find magic in mundane today !!!!