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----- Original Message ----- From: "Ferenc Molnar" <ferenc_molnar at hotmail.com>
Teamsters Protest Celebrity Gala at Met Museum
NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2011
Professional art handlers and their supporters protested in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual diversity-themed gala yesterday.
Protestors called on museum board members to end an eight-week-long lockout of professional art handlers at Sotheby's Auction House.
Despite making record profits of more than $680 million in gross profit last year, the auction house has locked out its staff of 43 art handlers, most of who are minorities. Sotheby's wants to replace its longtime, dedicated art handlers with replacement workers.