This session will be a practical how-to discussion of the process of unionization, where attendees can learn from the real-life experience of people who have organized in the museum workplace. We’ll cover the enormous benefits of collective bargaining, including rights, benefits, and protections won by existing museum unions. But we’ll also have frank discussion of the major and myriad obstacles to unionizing. Museum workers need a space to talk about labor issues without fear of retaliation.
I was the Digital Asset Manager at Peabody Essex Museum for 7 years. Now I am an onboarding manager at a DAM software company. Outside of work I am a socialist and an organizer.
