From www.phillyjwj.org Supporters of the Philadelphia Security Officers Union marched around the Art Museum on their way to the Art After 5 performance inside. PSOU supporters literally stopped the Art After 5 show inside the Philadelphia…
On March 5, 50 activists raised hell at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. You should have seen it. We took over the foyer of the PMA, our voices BOOMING “Move, Tim(Rub) get out the way, Tim…
A few years ago, student activists at Swarthmore fought to create a living wage policy at the university. It was one of the biggest social justice victories in our area at that time. Students have been making sure that the policy is being upheld ever since.
Then, a couple of months ago, I was contacted by a Swarthmore student who wanted to learn more about the PSOU and our campaign for a paper he was writing. Dennis Hogan meet with several of our guards and spoke with me on the phone about the campaign a couple of times. The semester ended and I figured that I had heard the last of Dennis.
I was surprised this week when an article critical of AlliedBarton popped up in the Swarthmore Daily Gazette by Dennis Hogan and Ben Hattem responding to a new AlliedBarton contract at Swarthmore…
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“WHAT WOULD PICASSO SAY” Rally RE-RESCHEDULED! Now Friday, March 5 at 4:30 PM, at the museum (BAAADD WEATHER).
For more than 2 years the Philadelphia Security Officers Union has been trying to improve the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Their calls for improved training, safety, worker retention, better wages and benefits have been ignored.
On February 22, due to all that is at risk, the museum guards broke their silence about the training deficiencies…
For years now, Jobs with Justice has been working with security guards in Philadelphia to professionalize this industry. There are 16,000 security guards in our city. These jobs are among the most deadly in our city. …
The Philadelphia Security Officers Union is proposing a plan to improve the safety of the general public, the collections and museum workers by reducing the high worker turn-over through a progressive training program, improving wages, benefits and working conditions.
Museum CEO, Tim Rub and AlliedBarton are preventing progress toward a safer, healthier museum.