Liverpool: Fresh museum strikes planned in long-running row

Over 200 members of the PCS union have walked out

Museum workers are to take part in 30 days of strikes over the summer in a dispute over pay.

The walkouts by members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union will affect National Museums Liverpool sites from May.

They will follow 56 days of action already taken in a dispute over a cost-of-living payment.

National Museums Liverpool (NML) has been approached for comment.

The sites affected include the Museum of Liverpool, the World Museum, the International Slavery Museum and the Maritime Museum, the Walker Gallery and Sudley House.

The Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight, Wirral, will also be affected.

PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote said members "loved their jobs but are angry and feel undervalued because NML is the only one of more than 200 employers covered by the civil service pay remit guidance to withhold the £1,500 cost-of-living bonus".

NML previously said it had made a final offer of £750 and additional holidays, which the PCS rejected.

At the beginning of strikes in February, NML director Laura Pye said the full £1,500 payment was "simply unaffordable".

The new action will see members walk out on 11 weekends and half-term week from May until July.