Today we made headlines at The Age!
Museum's Victoria came under fire for some of their hiring practices during the titanic exhibition, which a whistleblower has highlighted as being nepotistic.
Towards the end, the article mentions this humble petition and the strike! So we are getting some good publicity! I'm also in talks with other members of the press.
I'll leave you with this section from The Age:
"The museum’s proposed restructure would see many visitor engagement officer roles made redundant and tasks such as overseeing gallery spaces and assisting visitors taken over by security guards.
The changes would affect staff at Melbourne Museum, the Immigration Museum and Scienceworks.
“They’re killing off their greatest asset in cutting visitor engagement services,” said Karen Batt, state secretary of the Community and Public Sector Union, which represents museum staff. “No great museum the world over would do this. There’s another motive at play here.”
Batt argued the plan would diminish the visitor experience by displacing museum-employed staff and pave the way for an expanded role for MSS Security, the private contractor already providing security across the museum’s three sites.
A Museums Victoria spokeswoman said consultation with staff about the changes was ongoing.
The proposed restructure has prompted public protests and sparked online backlash. A petition opposing the museum’s proposed restructure has attracted nearly 3000 signatures, while a TikTok video showing staff protesting and a person in a dinosaur suit dancing to chants of “Don’t dismiss us, the dinosaurs will miss us” at the Lego Star Wars exhibition launch has attracted over 16,000 likes."
read the full article here: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/no-job-ads-no-interview…seum-s-titanic-hiring-spree-triggers-overhaul-20250527-p5m2ie.html