Brighton Pavilion to be rocked by second day of strike action

Buildings and collections may face closure as staff walk out over terms and conditions proposal

GMB members within the Brighton Pavilion and Museums Trust will tomorrow take their second day of strike action against a proposal to remove them from National Joint Council (NJC) contracts.

The members were outsourced from Brighton & Hove City Council in 2020 but retained their local government contracts, including access to pay, annual leave and other contractual rights.

Trust management have this year instructed staff to sign new contracts which will pull them out from the NJC terms package and leave them vulnerable to contractual changes.

This second day of action follows a successful strike day on Saturday 4 April.

Declan MacIntyre, GMB Regional Organiser said:

“Our members have been clear that they will not sign away their contractual rights to sick pay, holiday pay and nationally agreed pay rises.

“Trust management now need to stop these ill thought out plans and agree to look at other cost saving measures, if indeed they are required.

“Our message to the trustees is that if they can’t run the buildings without taking money out of our members’ pockets, the contract needs to return to Brighton & Hove City Council.

“The buildings and collections need to be prioritised over everything and our members, properly remunerated and taken care of, are best placed to do this.”