Strikes at the National Gallery?
October 12 2011
I learn from Art History Today that security staff at the National Gallery are threatening to go on strike, perhaps even during the Leonardo exhibition. Budget cuts have forced the National to put one warder in charge of two rooms, instead of a warder to a room as before.
Obviously, the recent attack on the Poussin, above, means this is an unusually sensitive issue. But it would be a shame if strike action disrupted the gallery. The National suffers more than other galleries from strikes because it is overly unionised. Now is probably not a good time to say that I occasionaly see warders not doing their job very well (for example, playing Sudoku).
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