On February 25, Brooklyn Museum staff rallied in protest of proposed layoffs affecting 47 employees due to a reported $10 million budget deficit. Union members from UAW Local 2110 and Local 1502 expressed their anger outside the museum, emphasizing the essential roles their colleagues play, especially during the institution's 200th anniversary. The rally gained additional support from art community members and local officials, highlighting solidarity against management's decision to cut essential staff, programming, and exhibitions. The protest aimed to draw attention to the contradiction of celebrating the museum's history while planning significant layoffs.
The 200th-anniversary event that it's celebrating would not be possible without the very same staff that the museum wants to lay off, Maida Rosenstein, director of organising for UAW Local 2110, tells The Art Newspaper.
What's disgusting? Union busting! was the rallying cry from union workers at the Brooklyn Museum as they protested against planned layoffs of 47 employees.
Leadership has cited an increasing budget deficit of nearly $10m as the reason for cutting essential staff, programming and scaling back exhibitions.
Chants of Brooklyn is a union town! resonated along Eastern Parkway, uniting workers and supporters in solidarity against the impending layoffs.
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