As one of the the hottest, fastest-growing companies in the region prior to the pandemic, Santa Fe-based Meow Wolf had expanded to markets such as Denver and Las Vegas, with multimillion-dollar exhibitions still under construction and slated to open in 2021.
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The mission statement outlined in this article for this Meow-Wolf union interests me. The primary goal of most labor organizations is to uphold and negotiate for better rights, conditions, and pay on behalf of the workers in the union. I think it is very interesting that this collective of workers also wants to “retur[n] to the radical, progressive, collective spirit under which the company was founded”. Like the article ends with recognizing, capitalism tends to make the art industry abandon creative vices in order to stay afloat, which is why I think that this union’s goals may be a step in a positive direction. I think that a lot of theatre organizations give up the idea of doing diverse or experimental work out of fear that it will scare away long term subscribers, despite that there is data that disproves this. Having an active collective like this may help keep upper management from just picking an “easy” option over something more creatively fulfilling or more inline with the established mission and morals of the organization. I look forward to seeing if this union can handle doing both – keeping the radical spirit and improving their workers conditions.
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