Columbus Museum of Art Workers Plan To Organize with AFSCME
Around 100 people gathered outside the Columbus Museum of Art on Monday afternoon, many of them staff members, as employees announced plans to form a union.
Workers at the Columbus Museum of Art sent a letter to the museum's management staff asking them to recognize their union, formed in collaboration with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
"Our goal is just to help the museum achieve its mission by helping to attract and retain the necessary workforce to do so,” said Mark Harrison, an employee at the museum and a leader of the union group.
The response from the museum management was a positive one, Nicole Romey, one of the leaders of the union and a staff member for six years, said. "They were enthusiastic. I believe they are trying to cooperate with us as much as they can and I think it will be an ongoing partnership,” Romey said.