Royal Observatory Greenwich has been £21.9 million from the government to help pay for new galleries and major refurbishment works. The First Light programme, billed as a “transformation” of the attraction, will cost £77 million in total. It includes a new entrance pavilion and landscaping works to better connect it with Greenwich Park. A lift […]
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Royal Observatory Greenwich plans new galleries in major revamp
Plans have been submitted for a major refurbishment of the Royal Observatory, including a new entrance pavilion, new galleries and landscaping works to better connect it with Greenwich Park. The observatory was founded in 1675 on a site chosen by Sir Christopher Wren, its original designer, and was the country’s first purpose-built building for scientific […]
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Royal Museums Greenwich staff strike again over new pay row
Staff at the National Maritime Museum went on strike this lunchtime in a fresh row over pay and conditions – nearly three months after Royal Museums Greenwich offered to pay staff the London Living Wage from 2022. Front-of-house staff who are members of the Prospect union walked off the job between 11am and 2pm, claiming […]
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Royal Museums Greenwich staff set to get London Living Wage by 2022
Staff at the National Maritime Museum and other Greenwich attractions are set to be paid the London Living Wage after two days of strike action over pay and conditions. The climbdown by bosses at Royal Museums Greenwich – which also runs the Queen’s House, Old Royal Observatory and Cutty Sark – follows pickets outside the […]
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‘We’re treated like children’: Royal Museums Greenwich staff explain why they’re going on strike
Front of house staff at Royal Museums Greenwich are striking on Saturday, for the second time this year, over changes to their contracts imposed last November. ALICE TROY-DONOVAN spoke to staff about why they need a pay rise – as well as a chance to sit down. “There are members of staff who can only […]
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‘Pay London Living Wage’: Labour members urge Greenwich Council to intervene in museums dispute
Rank and file Labour members are urging Greenwich Council’s leadership to take a stand in a dispute over pay and conditions at some of Greenwich’s leading tourist attractions. Members of the Prospect union at Royal Museums Greenwich are to stage a second strike on Saturday after management imposed changes to their pay and conditions which […]
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