There was an unusual exhibition outside the Art Institute of Chicago back in early September of 2021.
There was an unusual exhibition outside the Art Institute of Chicago Thursday evening.
“We lost many staff, and there was a reorganization that in effect doubled people’s workloads,” said Sheila Majumdar, 35, an editor in the museum’s publications department and a member of the union organizing committee. “The disconnect between what is reality in our day-to-day work and what leadership thinks is going on is just baffling.
The nascent union would be part of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which represents 10,000 workers at 91 museums nationwide, and more than 25,000 library workers at 275 public and private libraries, including the Chicago Public Library.
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