Unions suspend planned V&A strike after improved pay offer
Summary
Unions suspended a planned strike at London’s V&A museums for 29 and 30 October after management made an improved pay offer. The suspension allows talks facilitated by Acas, a UK workplace conciliation service, to continue; the offer’s details have not been disclosed.Key Facts
- Members of the Prospect and PCS unions had voted to strike over pay and working conditions.
- The planned walkout could have closed the V&A’s main galleries in South Kensington and its East London sites.
- The unions are seeking a 4% pay rise for staff earning above the living wage and for the V&A to become an accredited London living-wage employer within 12 months.
- The unions also want time-and-a-half pay for bank holiday work and changes to working conditions, including heatwave measures and food at East London sites.
- The London living wage is £15.45 per hour.
- The V&A says all its staff receive at least the London living wage, but some outsourced contractors do not.
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