URGENT APPEAL FOR SUPPORT FROM PCS NATIONAL MUSEUMS WALES
Dear supporter
Your solidarity in our dispute at National Gallery last year was crucial to
us. Now the PCS members in National Museums Wales are on all out strike and
urgently need our of support.
Just like Junior Doctors in England they are fighting to defend their
weekends against bullying bosses who are threatening to sack them and
impose a new contract.
They are very low paid earning under £16000 without their weekend
enhancements and need all the financial support we can raise for them. Watch
and share their video <https://youtu.be/QEsW7pzRGdw>
Please see their appeal below and attached with a collection sheet and
leaflet.
*You can donate via pay pal here <http://bit.ly/26eNhvq>
*
And please let us know if you can invite them to speak in your area to
raise support.
Thank you!
In solidarity
Candy Udwin
PCS National Gallery
*URGENT APPEAL FOR SUPPORT FROM PCS NATIONAL MUSEUMS WALES*
*Dear Friend*
*PCS union members at the seven sites of National Museum Wales are taking
all out strike action in defence of our living standards. Our predicament
is similar to that of the junior doctors in England. Our management want to
remove the unsocial hours payments received by “front of house” staff as
compensation for working on weekends.*
*In the course of a year, they can amount to as much as 15% of the
take-home pay of the lowest-paid employees. Some earn as little as £15,639
and have only just been awarded the Living Wage.*
*We appreciate that the Museum’s budget has been cut, but we do not accept
that the lowest-paid staff should be taking such a big hit, especially when
the senior management team are not taking a comparable cut in their own
salaries.*
*We have negotiated with Museum management to try and resolve this issue
and have been willing to be flexible, provided that any new pay
arrangements provide fair compensation for staff who are obliged to work
numerous weekends every year. *
*But the Museum’s director general, David Anderson, is now subjecting staff
to enormous pressure, telling them that they must accept this offer or be
dismissed and re-engaged on the new terms, without any compensation.*
*We want to end our dispute and get back to focusing on our jobs supporting
Wales’ cultural treasures, but we cannot accept management’s attack on our
living standards – or their bullying.*
*We would very much welcome any support that you or your organisation may
be able to provide, in order to help sustain us in our campaign for a fair
settlement. Please consider doing one or more of the following:*
*• Emailing David Anderson (david.anderson@museumwales.
<david.anderson@museumwales.
*• Checking out our Facebook page (facebook.com/nmwfairpay
<http://facebook.com/
*• Signing our online
petition: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/
<https://you.38degrees.org.uk/
*• Donating to our campaign fund: PCS Amgueddfa Cymru 107006 Branch
Hardship Fund, Unity Trust Bank, sort code: 60-83-01, account number:
20364700 **or via PayPal: http://bit.ly/26eNhvq <http://bit.ly/26eNhvq>*
*• Inviting a PCS rep from National Museum Wales to visit your organisation
to talk about our dispute and/or organising a collection*
*Many thanks *
*Peter Hill Branch secretary*
*(Dennishill20@hotmail.com <Dennishill20@hotmail.com>)*
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