Pay

Brighton & Hove Museums rejects ‘bankruptcy’ claim amid strike action

Several of the trust's museums were closed this week in dispute over pay and conditions

National Coal Mining Museum workers end long-running strike

Staff accept improved pay deal after museum agrees to removal of disciplinary clauses

Union action secures 3.5% pay rise for London Museum staff

Industrial action ends as workers back pay deal

London Museum workers begin industrial action

Union warns pay dispute could affect timetable to open museum’s new Smithfield site

Industrial dispute deepens at National Coal Mining Museum

Workers reject new pay offer as both sides criticise conduct and behaviour during strike

Budget 2025: ‘Far more ambitious action’ needed for culture sector

How museum and culture sector leaders have responded to this year’s budget

Tate workers vote in favour of week-long strike

More than 150 members of PCS union will take industrial action later this month

Strikes loom at national institutions

British Library and Tate workers plan walkouts as industrial action continues at National Coal Mining Museum

Police called to picket line at National Coal Mining Museum

Strike by museum guides has been extended by four weeks in dispute over pay

National Coal Mining Museum staff to strike over pay row

Charity will suspend underground tours during four-week industrial action

​Increasing pay costs prompt National Trust to cut workforce by 6%

Charity says it needs to find savings of £26m due to national insurance and living wage hikes

Record rise in the number of low-paid jobs recorded in 2024

Arts sector has one of the highest rates of low-paid jobs in the UK, Living Wage Foundation reveals