It is reported San Francisco Standard.
Articles published earlier this month detailing long complaints against San Francisco and the city’s museums of fine arts and cities that operate young corps of honor and honor, including false terminations, whistleblower revenge and verbal threats. according to standardThe city has reportedly paid more than $1 million to settle seven lawsuits in the current and former Guards, with more litigation reported.
The latest lawsuit reportedly was filed in July by de Young’s former museum guard Mohammad Joiyah and charged “disability discrimination, religious and racial harassment, failure to accommodate, retaliation, under the State Medical Law and the Minting Procedure Act) and unlawful termination.” Joiyah, identified as a Muslim, said the manager called him a “terrorist” and accused museum security manager Ramiro Rodriguez of threatening to “go home, bring a gun and shoot” him. (Joiyah settled a previous lawsuit against the Museum of Fine Arts in 2021 for $200,000.)
The representative of the Museum of Fine Arts told standard That Mohammad Joiyah was terminated. “Rodriguez did not respond standard Comment.
The article also reports on a lawsuit filed by De’mario Grant in 2017, a former security guard at De Young Museum, who opposed the fine art museums in San Francisco and the city, accusing of “harassment and retaliation.” According to Grant, he suffered chronic nerve and spinal injuries due to labor-intensive responsibility. The manager and HR case allegedly denied his request for extended work leave, all of whom “doubt his disability and demanded excessive paperwork.”
Grant won $285,000 in 2019 and went to standard Another lawsuit is planned to be filed against the Museum of Fine Arts, this time the charges terminate the illegal termination and whistleblower.
Current and former security guards accused the workers’ union of SEIU 1021 of failing to address the so-called pattern of persistent abuse. They claimed that this was partly due to conflicts of interest, as the union represented six of the nine managers in the department. The union and workers also said that efforts to reach policy agreements on ensuring safe working conditions for safe personnel are being delayed by the museum.
The representative of the Museum of Fine Arts told standard A series of lawsuits filed by security personnel “focused primarily on events from 2014 to 2016 and stressed that leadership had only changed.” The representative reportedly added that its current management “strictly adhered to employment rules to avoid disputes and potential solutions” and that “books” handled the procedures.
The article notes that in nine lawsuits, there are seven allegations of mismanagement in workplaces that have occurred after 2016, while current and “recent” staff pointed out in an interview that the abuse is underway. Safety Director Tabari Shannon and Safety Director Hugo Gray encourage toxic workplaces. A 2021 lawsuit filed by former museum guard Rick Lam described Gray once saying in front of a union representative: “When I want to do something, I have no problem.”
Gray, Shannon, Rodriguez and Smithwick are reportedly still employed by the Museum of Fine Arts. The city settled Lam’s lawsuit in December and awarded him $350,000.
Artnews The Museum of Fine Arts and SEIU 1021 have been contacted for comment.
