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New strike at museums over change to contracts

MUSEUM workers are to stage a fresh strike in protest at contract changes which they say have led to extra work and shorter breaks.

Members of the Prospect union at the National Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory Greenwich will walk out on February 17.

The visitor and sales assistants at the London museums took action on New Year’s Day, saying the imposed changes would mean them having to work an extra three weeks a year without proper compensation and reduce the length of their breaks.

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