According to the Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) will lay off about 30 union workers. Art newspaper.
The spokesperson described the staff reduction in the statement as a “difficult but necessary process to reduce their operating budget to ensure long-term sustainability”.
Warren Williams, president of CUPE 15, a local branch of the Canadian Public Employees Federation, representing workers from many organizations and institutions including the museum in Vancouver, said he was “deeply saddened by the employer’s recent decision,” a copy of Williams published on June 23: “Decisions not yet completed. Severance payments are offered to individual employees.”
Williams told Art newspaper Of the 150 union workers represented by CUPE 15, about 20% will be fired, and he is not sure how many non-union workers he will fire due to the overall reduction in staff.
The news comes after the recent departure of director and CEO Anthony Kiendl in March and canceled plans for Herzog & de Meuron’s new CAD ($420 million) building after the budget rose from $400 million to $600 million from $400 million. The cost of canceling the project is CAD 60 million. Art newspaper.
In January, VAG announced that it will seek a simpler and cheaper new home by applying for an invitation from 14 Canadian construction companies to design a new gallery.
this Art newspaper The report said Volkswagen layoffs “has raised doubts about the timeline of the new construction project, which has been planned for a decade and a half years,” after one of the gallery’s funders, Vancouver, also announced budget cuts and hiring multiple departments for freezes.
Williams added that CUPE 15 will continue to negotiate “better severance payments – as our collective agreement allows our members. Those who want to move forward from the gallery need financial motivation to do so and protect benefits for a certain amount of time and career consultation.”
“They are a bit of kimchi given the financial situation of the gallery and the new websites that are being put on hold,” Williams noted.
