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Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers’ Union Authorizes Strike

The north entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Kimberly Paynter
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WHYY
The north entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The new staff union at the Philadelphia Museum of Art have been negotiating for the first contract with management for 22 months. Recently, the union filed charges of unfair labor practices against the museum with the National Labor Relations Board. WHYY's Peter Crimmins has details on the Union's plan.

(Original air-date: 9/6/22)

WHYY’s arts and culture reporter Peter Crimmins first became interested in radio in the fourth grade, when he smuggled a contraband crystal-diode radio into the Boy Scout summer camp. Subsequent radio projects were more successful.