London museum security guards urge public to stay away in strikes over pay

Members of the United Voices of the World union outside the Science museum in London last week. Photograph: Krisztián Elek/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Three of the UK’s biggest museums face the threat of strike action in 2025 by security guards over pay and conditions.

Guards at the Science Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Natural History Museum are in dispute with the external contractor, Wilson James. They want a basic pay rate of £16 an hour to cope with the cost of living crisis.