WORKERS at the Royal Museums Greenwich will go on a two-day strike this month to improve pay and conditions, Prospect has announced.

Heritage sector workers have been “taken advantage of for too long,” said the union’s general secretary Mike Clancy.

Some 77 per cent of members voted for strike action, and 88 per cent for action short of a strike, on a turnout of 90 per cent.

London Living Wage accreditation this year, protection of existing Christmas closure annual leave arrangements and paid breaks for security workers are among their demands.

They are also campaigning for stronger policies on fixed-term contracts and improved training and development opportunities.

Ahead of walkouts on August 11 and 12, Mr Clancy said: “Across the heritage sector our members have been taken advantage of for too long. 

“This summer we are sending a signal that they will not put up with it any more.” 

The action at Greenwich comes just after Prospect announced that members working at the V&A in London have voted for industrial action in two separate disputes over pay and conditions. 

The strike announcement comes after the union and Royal Museums Greenwich agreed a two-year pay settlement covering this and the next financial year following negotiations facilitated by the conciliation service Acas.

A spokesman for the museums said: “The remaining areas of dispute relate to a small number of non-pay matters on which the union and the museums have already had a meeting with Acas, who recorded progress and a constructive way forward as the museums made a series of commitments, including engagement with the London Living Wage Foundation.

“We are disappointed by this outcome, particularly given the progress which has been made.”