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We are
the educators, facilitators and costumed interpreters at the Lower
East Side Tenement Museum. We lead tours of the tenement, educate
visitors about the vibrant immigrant and labor history of the
Lower East Side, and portray the historical figures who once lived
in the tenement.
We are the
heart of the Museum, yet we work on a per-diem basis with no guaranteed
hours and no benefits. We do not receive regular raises, even
to keep up with the cost of living. We have decided to form a
union with Local 2110 of the UAW in order to bargain with the
Museum management over these and other issues. |
On May 2,
2007 we delivered a letter to Ruth Abram, President of the Museum,
requesting that the Tenement Museum recognize our union, and that
they allow us to demonstrate our majority support through a count
of our signed union membership cards. This method of forming a
union, called a "card count," has been used successfully
in many workplaces, and is currently the subject of federal
legislation with broad bipartisan support.
Unfortunately,
the Museum has indicated that they intend to challenge our right
to a union by forcing us into hearings at the National Labor Relations
Board (NLRB). Under President Bush, the NLRB has taken organizing
rights away from tens of thousands of workers, and has gone out
of its way to reverse precedents set by previous administrations
that were more labor-friendly.
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We are determined
to win our union and make the Tenement Museum a better place to
work through collective bargaining. You can help by clicking
here to send an email to Museum management!
The committee
celebrates our majority support, May 2, 2007
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