{"id":583226,"date":"2026-08-04T19:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/583226\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T19:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T19:56:08","slug":"art-gallery-workers-to-strike-over-staffing-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/583226\/","title":{"rendered":"Art gallery workers to strike over staffing cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">PCS claims that changes to working practices would mean reduced staffing, leaving some gallery attendants on their own in charge of large collections of artwork, and that this would become &#8220;the norm&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The union said some staff feared taking &#8220;comfort breaks&#8221; over being held responsible for a room or floor closure, while some front-of-house staff had been approached to cover security shifts without proper training.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It also said the move would make it &#8220;increasingly difficult&#8221; to honour reasonable adjustments for staff with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ruby Gibson, PCS national officer for Scotland, accused NGS of failing to consult staff and refusing to engage with complaints.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said: &#8220;It is ironic that while the Scottish government is attempting to save money for the public purse by cutting budgets and talking about worker-led reforms, employers are disregarding their workers&#8217; views and wasting money on overtime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Any disruption to the galleries during this crucial time of the year will be because of their failure to consult.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PCS claims that changes to working practices would mean reduced staffing, leaving some gallery attendants on their own&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-583226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}