Plans by the Museum of London (MoL) to privatise its archaeological service and set it up as an independent charity, along with the voluntary redundancies of 11 posts, including senior curators in prehistory and Roman history, have been condemned by the Prospect trade union.
Prospect negotiator Dave Allen said: “We are particularly concerned that the cuts, in conjunction with the planned privatisation of the archaeology service, mark a turning away by MoL from archaeology and London’s early history.”
But the MoL’s director of programmes, David Spence, said: “We are essentially separating profit from nonprofit making parts of the museum. It does not change the day-to-day operation of our archaeology department.”
Prospect negotiator Dave Allen said: “We are particularly concerned that the cuts, in conjunction with the planned privatisation of the archaeology service, mark a turning away by MoL from archaeology and London’s early history.”
But the MoL’s director of programmes, David Spence, said: “We are essentially separating profit from nonprofit making parts of the museum. It does not change the day-to-day operation of our archaeology department.”
