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Outsourced security guards at Natural History and Science museums ballot for strike action
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OUTSOURCED security guards at the Natural History and Science museums are balloting for strike action after years of real-terms pay cuts.
The guards are among the lowest-paid workers at the museum, earning £11.95 per hour.
Members of the United Voices of the World (UVW) union are demanding a raise to £16 an hour and full sick pay starting from day one, instead of the current policy that begins on day four.
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