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A group of around 100 people gathered at the Whitney Museum during its annual fundraising gala event, with the members of the Whitney Museum Union (WMU) protesting over a pay dispute.
| 23 May 2022
A group of around 100 people gathered at the Whitney Museum during its annual fundraising gala event, with the members of the Whitney Museum Union (WMU) protesting over a pay dispute.
Formed in August last year, WMU is made up of almost 200 people across several museum departments. The WMU was protesting against a number of issues, including working conditions and wages. The museum has been negotiating with the museum over a union contract for the last six months.
“People need to be aware that the Whitney is not the same as the way it wants to brand itself as some progressive, forward-thinking institution,” said Local 2110 UAW president Maida Rosenstein. “When it comes to its own workers, they're actually quite abusive and exploitative, and they like to pretend that there aren't any workers around and that they're very pro-artists, but they're not very pro-workers.”
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