An ongoing strike at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is emblematic of a growing tension at cultural institutions: working along priceless pieces of art while struggling to pay your bills: 'You can't eat prestige.'
, museum workers point to the expensive degrees their jobs require when demanding higher pay.Workers at this museum make about 30% less on average compared to institutions of a similar size and budget based on figures from an, according to the union. The Philadelphia Museum of Art has a $600 million endowment and a $60 million annual budget, according to financial documents on its website.
In 2020, workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art voted to join the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees , a union representing employees in non-profits, government and the arts. Since then have been bargaining with management over a first contract. Sticking points remain around big ticket items: salary, benefits, raises.
Management has offered raises adding up to 11% by July 1, 2024, as well as four weeks of parental leave, among other proposals, according to museum communications director Norman Keyes. But the workers say these raises are canceled out by high inflation, and don't fix the underlying low salaries.Museum seamstress Beth Paolini, one of the workers picketing Wednesday outside the museum's north entrance, has worked there for more than 17 years and earns less than $50,000 annually.
"I have never in all the years I have worked here gotten any kind of promotional raise," says Paolini.Laura Benshoff/NPR
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