This is a recorded session from the 2021 AAM Virtual Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo.
Learn the basics of the collective bargaining process, the advantages and disadvantages of unionization, and strategies to manage the various possible outcomes of the voting process.
Presenter:
Andrew I. Bart, Esq., Attorney
Andrew Bart: Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Andrew Bart, and I will be speaking this afternoon about The Unionization of Museums: What management and staff need to know.
Little bit about me. I’m a lawyer in New York. I specialize in labor and employment law, I also do real estate and commercial litigation. I am an AAM member, so I’m happy to be here to talk to all of you. I’m part of the AAM family, and my mother was an AAM member. She was actually the director of a museum on Long Island for more than 20 years. I’ve given employment law seminars, I’ve conducted them, at the AAM annual meetings both in Washington, D.C. and in St. Louis.
So, welcome. Please let me know where you are tuning in from,, and if you’re associated with an institution or another company, please let me know. And please also let me know why you’re tuning in. So, let’s get going, shall we?
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