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Job cuts at Glasgow museums will waste funds on contractors, workers warn
Protesters rally outside the Burrell Collection, one of Glasgow's flagship galleries

CUTS to Glasgow’s museums will leave the city forking out for “expensive contractors” and a diminished public offering, workers warned this weekend.

At a rally on Saturday outside the Burrell Collection, one of the city’s flagship galleries, public-sector union Unison called for SNP and Green councillors to reverse cuts to cultural institutions. Reps also called on the Scottish government to provide long-term funding.

Glasgow Life, the “arms-length external organisation” which runs museums, libraries and sports facilities on behalf of the city council, plans to cut 37 posts out of a total of 128 in the museum’s workforce.

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