Shame on you, Dali Museum

The Issue

The Dali Museum, a local St. Pete institution since 1982, recently fired many local staff members after taking a large sum of PPP money earmarked to help "small businesses" retain employees during and in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, while retaining highly-paid upper management. Despite its stated mission to serve "...our community and the world at large," the museum has caused grave financial injury (including families losing their health insurance in the middle of a pandemic) to these former employees who worked relentlessly - some 7 days a week, some without receiving overtime pay -  to see the museum through its pandemic-forced temporary closure and to transition it to all-online programs and exhibits while closed. We say Shame On You and demand these employees be returned to earning a living... yes, even if it means cutting into those large upper management salaries. 

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The Issue

The Dali Museum, a local St. Pete institution since 1982, recently fired many local staff members after taking a large sum of PPP money earmarked to help "small businesses" retain employees during and in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, while retaining highly-paid upper management. Despite its stated mission to serve "...our community and the world at large," the museum has caused grave financial injury (including families losing their health insurance in the middle of a pandemic) to these former employees who worked relentlessly - some 7 days a week, some without receiving overtime pay -  to see the museum through its pandemic-forced temporary closure and to transition it to all-online programs and exhibits while closed. We say Shame On You and demand these employees be returned to earning a living... yes, even if it means cutting into those large upper management salaries. 

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The Salvador Dali Museum
The Salvador Dali Museum

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Petition created on June 22, 2020