Art Review: Fortuny Museum in Venice

Last week I wrote about the strike of staffers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, then entering its fourth week and poised to become the longest strike in Philadelphia history. After the intervention of Philadelphia’s mayor, the strike was settled over the weekend. I hear that the brass-knuckles shelf at every Wawa in town is empty.

Management sweetened its offer a bit — a 14 percent average wage increase over three years as opposed to 11 percent — but with near-double-digit inflation, union dues, and lost pay, workers are in the hole. The city government already gives the museum a yearly subsidy of $2 million.

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Brian T. Allen

Brian T. Allen is National Review’s art critic.

Last week I wrote about the strike of staffers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, then entering its fourth week and poised to become the longest strike in Philadelphia history. After the intervention of Philadelphia’s mayor, the strike was settled over the weekend. I hear that the brass-knuckles shelf at every Wawa in town is empty.

Management sweetened its offer a bit — a 14 percent average wage increase over three years as opposed to 11 percent — but with near-double-digit inflation, union dues, and lost pay, workers are in the hole. The city government already gives the museum a yearly subsidy of $2 million.