Union Strike Could Shut Down SF Museums

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Union-Strike-Could-Shut-Down-SF-Museums-165209036.html

The Museum Workers' Union voted to strike after negotiations with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco broke down.
By Joe Rosato Jr | Monday, Aug 6, 2012 | Updated 11:49 PM PDT

It’s unlikely you’d ever pinpoint Mark Garrett’s work in the Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum, even though he’s worked there for 23 years. Things like picture matting and framing tend to go unappreciated in the echelons of the art world.

It could also be Garrett prefers to remain behind the scenes, sort of like the labor union that represents him and 114 other workers at the Legion of Honor and DeYoung Museums.

“We’re quite a sleepy little union chapter,” Garrett said of SEIU Local 1021.

But after 11 months of tense labor negotiations between the museum workers’ union and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, which runs the two museums, you could say workers have woke up.

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