[act-ma] Sat 12-2 pm, MFA Info Picket!

[Geoff Carens]

Dear All,

Tomorrow, Jan 7, members of the Museum Independent Security Union (MISU) &
supporters will hold an informational picket, leafleting at Boston's Museum
of Fine Arts, 12 to 2 pm. Please join us! MFA management has been trying to
bust the union, has stone-walled on negotiations and is harassing
beleaguered museum guards, many of whom have worked their jobs for decades
(they are the most diverse group of workers at the museum). See MISU Pres
John Moore's account below.

You can also email MFA Director Matthew Teitelbaum at mteitelbaum at mfa.org,
and demand the museum stop union-busting and negotiate with the guards in
good faith! Pls post the same message on the MFA's Facebook page
<https://www.facebook.com/mfaboston> & on any & all social media. MISU's
flyer is attached with more info. Please feel free to forward this message!

Solid,

Geoff


On Friday, January 6, 2023, 2:14 PM, John M <rennipsmj at yahoo.com> wrote:

>From 12:00 to 2 p.m. Saturday, January 7, MISU will be continuing our
campaign to fight outsourcing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  The
museum is making our lives difficult. They are forcing us to work overtime
under conditions that don’t constitute an emergency.  Just this week a
mother of two was mandated to work from midnight to 8:30 a.m. in the
morning!  Her children’s ages are 5 and 12. If she worked the shift she
would have had no way of getting her children to school that morning!  The
shift of midnight to 8:30 in the morning has never been a part of her
regular schedule.
   They have intentionally driven down our numbers over the last decade.
We don’t have a third as many members as we did ten years ago!  It should
be very busy at the Museum this weekend!  It’s Bank of America weekend.
That means Bank of America will be sponsoring ticket purchases.  We have
been leafleting frequently.  And continuing our campaign this weekend will
help us build on what we have already created!
In Solidarity,
MISU president,
John Moore