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# OWS Mic Check at Sotheby's Board Member's Financial District Restaurant
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/ows-danny-meyer-north-end-grill/
- Published: 2012-03-19T16:46:02.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:19:16.000Z
- Description: Yesterday, OWS walked into North End Grill in Manhattan's Financial District to raise awareness among patrons that the establishment is owned by Sotheby's board member Danny Meyer, who is part of a company that has lockout unionized art handlers since August 2011.
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: News, Labor, Occupy Wall Street, Sotheby's lockout, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 06:51 (2012, 2013, part 1)

Yesterday, members of Occupy Wall Street [walked into North End Grill](http://youtu.be/kU94PCbCVE4?ref=hyperallergic.com) in Manhattan’s Financial District to raise awareness among patrons that the establishment is owned by Sotheby’s board member [Danny Meyer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%5FMeyer?ref=hyperallergic.com), who is part of a company that has lockout unionized art handlers since August 2011.

Since late last year, OWS has targeted 1%-er Meyer’s role on the board of Sotheby’s for the last few months and they’ve actively been [pointing out](http://artsandlabor.org/arts-labor-participation-in-january-actions-at-moma/?ref=hyperallergic.com) that:

> “Sotheby’s and MoMA share two board members, including Danny Meyer, who is also the CEO of the Union Square Hospitality group, a corporation that owns the three MoMA restaurants.”

In January, OWS [occupied a Meyer-owned establishment](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKWPI-oTl2A&ref=hyperallergic.com), and last year, they [occupied the Union Square Cafe](http://hyperallergic.com/38517/fight-returns-to-new-york-as-locked-out-art-handlers-continue-protest-against-sothebys/) in Manhattan.

In related Sotheby’s board news, James Murdoch, the embattled son of Rupert Murdoch, has [stepped down](http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/779234/a-tarnished-james-murdoch-steps-down-from-sothebys-board-amid-phone-hacking-fallout?ref=hyperallergic.com) from the board and even though at least [one person](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player%5Fembedded&v=kU94PCbCVE4&ref=hyperallergic.com) affiliated with OWS Arts & Labor has suggested they deserve some credit for the departure, there’s no sign that OWS impacted the decision at all.