On the heels of a historic municipal work stoppage that left Philadelphia’s streets drowning in mounting garbage piles, unionized staff at the Penn Museum are inching toward a strike to obtain higher wages from the University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in the city. Members of Penn Museum Workers United Local 397, which represents around 50 staffers across visitor services, public programming, collections management, conservation, and other departments at the archaeology and anthropology museum, unanimously voted to authorize a strike last week after their contract expired at the end of June. Though the local unit has not yet called a work stoppage, its executive board is prepared to do so if negotiations do not improve, a representative for the group told Hyperallergic. Read the full story at the link in bio. . . . Members of Penn Museum Workers United Local 397 (photo courtesy Sarah Shaw) #PennMuseum #UPenn #Strike #Labor #Unions