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Good morning. 🌤️ Unionized workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art have been on strike for more than two weeks now. In an opinion piece for Hyperallergic, Emily Rice explains what brought her and her colleagues to this moment. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

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Good morning. 🌤️ Unionized workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art have been on strike for more than two weeks now. In an opinion piece for Hyperallergic, Emily Rice, who has worked at the museum for 12 years, explains what brought her and her colleagues to this moment. "We are not a small group of disgruntled employees," she writes. "We are the smart, talented, dedicated staff who make the institution work and we are supported by the public the museum works to serve."

Also today, the United States could possibly get its first national LGBTQ+ history museum (unless Republicans throttle it), an interview with George Rivera, founder of the radical art collective Artnauts, an exhibition in Brooklyn that celebrates the lives of people who were killed by police, and more.

And finally, have you heard of the American tourist who smashed two Ancient Roman busts at the Vatican because he wasn't given a meeting with the Pope? It's a true story.

— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor

I'm a Philadelphia Museum of Art Worker and This Is Why We're Striking

We are fighting for ourselves and the working standards we deserve, but we are also fighting for the heart and future of the institution. | Emily Rice

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