Correspondence, circa 1971 -1974

In 1971 a group of Brooklyn Museum employees met to discuss creating an internal organization to help employees and to address concerns by the professional and clerical staff that was not within the DC 37 union. This is within the context of MoMA organizing PASTA (MoMA Union) also in 1971, and in repsonse to major budget cuts from local government funding. The Brooklyn Museum employees organized the Brooklyn Museum Professional and Clerical Staff Association and began holding regular meetings in 1972. In 1974, after a brief strike, the membership of the Staff Association was largely allowed to vote to be included in DC 37.