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#OccupyWallStreet Invades Sotheby’s Auction in Solidarity with Locked-Out Art Handlers

2 years agoArts : Art Fag City

#OccupyWallStreet Invades Sotheby’s Auction in Solidarity with Locked-Out Art Handlers – Good to see Sotheby's PR time is quick to report the best contemporary art sale in three years, while they also lock out their art handlers for demanding a living wage. 
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Sign the Petition Against the Sotheby’s Lock Out!

Arts : Hyperallergic (2 years ago)

News may be slowing down about the Sotheby's lock out, but the labor dispute between art handlers of Teamsters Local 814 and the auction giant is dragging into its third month now. Luckily supporters both on and off-line (Occupy Wal... Read Post

Sotheby’s Closes Galleries to Keep Both Protesters and Public Out

Arts : Hyperallergic (2 years ago)

First Sotheby's locked out their art handlers, and now they are locking out the general public. GalleristNY reports that the auction giant is limiting access to its 10 floor galleries where some of the houses' most valuable lots are... Read Post

Sotheby's Locks Out Unionized Art Handlers, Sparks Picket Line by Fellow Teamsters

Arts : Artdaily (2 years ago)

NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Unionized art handlers and fellow Teamsters picketed outside Sotheby's on Tuesday after the auction house locked the workers out last week following a drawn-out contract dispute. The 43 art handlers, members of ... Read Post


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