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Via Workers World News Service
Reprinted from the June 8, 2000
issue of Workers World newspaper
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NEW YORK

Strikers bring protest to museum door

Hundreds of fired-up union members and supporters joined the Museum of Modern Art's striking staff--members of Auto Workers Local 2110--for a strong rally May 25 in front of the New York institution. The workers struck on April 28 in a struggle against substandard wages and health-care cuts, and for job security and the right to a union shop.

Because several unions sent support, the rally had the strength to take a militant turn. Instead of keeping the protest across the street from the museum--where police and the bosses wanted them--the MoMA strikers led the demonstration right to the entrance of the museum to seek support and urge visitors not to cross the picket line. The strikers' fighting spirit was also illustrated by their displays of creative props showing the unfairness of their wealthy bosses at the museum, which was founded by the Rockefellers.

--Anne Pruden, delegate, 1199
Health & Human Service

Employees/sEIU

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