LONDON (AP) — Workers at London’s National Gallery have launched an indefinite strike in a long-running dispute over privatization.
Members of the Public and Commercial Services union at the famed art museum have staged a series of walkouts in recent months to protest the privatization of visitor services, including security.
Picket lines were mounted Tuesday outside the gallery in Trafalgar Square.
The National Gallery said access to some areas including cloakrooms and entrances will be limited from Tuesday because of the strike. It said a large number of education events have been canceled.
The gallery says no jobs will be lost and that privatization would allow it to operate more flexibly.
The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions says the gallery attracted 6.4 million visitors last year, ranking it second behind the British Museum.
