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Latest News:

"Fight at the Museum", NY Press, October 22, 2008

"Worked Up Over Museum Dispute, Duane Quits Board", The Villager, May 7 - 13, 2008

"Pickled Protest at the LES Tenement Museum", Village Voice, May 1, 2008

"Guides Raise Union Awareness at Tenement Museum Fundraiser", The Villager, April 1, 2008

Beyond the Pale radio interview, WBAI, March 23, 2008 (MP3 file)

"Tenement Union Can't See How the Other Half Lives", NYCity News Service, March 6, 2008

"Tenement Museum Employees Pushing for Union", Gothamist, March 5, 2008

"Guides Say Museum is Blocking Union Drive", NY Times, March 5, 2008

"At Tenement Museum, a Fight Over Unionization", NY Times, March 4, 2008

The Indypendent, May 21, 2007

The Jewish Daily Forward, May 18, 2007 (winner of 2007 Ippie Award!)

The Villager, May 9 - 15, 2007

NY Sun, May 4, 2007

NY Metro, May 3, 2007

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.

 

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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