Last Friday, October 14, the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) Union achieved a historic victory: After 19 days on strike, museum management compromised on all five of its demands, and two days later, its workers voted to ratify their first contract.
Last Monday, those workers returned to work with a higher minimum wage, across-the-board raises, longevity bonuses, paid family leave, and lower-cost healthcare. After three weeks on the picket line, they also returned to work with a newfound sense of community.
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After the meeting, Rizzo said he was “really impressed with what she had to say” and feeling “cautiously optimistic.”
Hu echoed Rizzo’s remarks: “I think we can come away from the meeting hopeful, give her the benefit of the doubt, and judge her for her actions in the near future.”
Jun Nakamura, a curatorial fellow in the prints department, said that after three weeks together on the picket line, he felt a sense of loss now that regular, siloed work life has pushed him apart from his fellow union members. He said he was happy to be back at work, “but with a mixture of emotions.”
“We want to make sure people continue to feel that support and the joy of being together,” Rizzo said. The union’s constitution mandates a monthly meeting, but Rizzo said they’ve been trying to do other things together, too, like getting drinks after work.
Hu said that the strike — and its length — created an especially tight-knit community of workers from across the museum.
“Management inadvertently created a sense of comradery and really strong union,” the worker said. “And that’s something they’ll have to face in the future.”
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