There is currently an inflatable rat stationed outside Tumblr’s offices on 35 East 21st Street, according to one of the building’s occupants. The New York City District Council of Carpenters has installed the familiar oversized rodent as a symbol of what the union calls a “labor dispute” with Tumblr.
Matthew Schmitz, a deputy editor at First Things, which has an office near Tumblr’s, reported the dispute on Twitter, posting a photo of a flyer being handed out this morning.
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