As Europe’s museums grapple with historic heat waves, sweltering employees demand 'extreme weather' work plans:
, claiming swaths of Italy, France, Spain, and Greece, to name a few.
“Formal collective agreements and proper policies to keep staff and visitors safe are needed going forward. These types of heatwaves are becoming more common, and it’s important that employers and workers know what to do and how to do it,” wrote Nick Marro, a PCS Culture Group organizer, in a message to Artnet News. “Beyond that, we need real action on climate change. For too long, governments have made promises on tackling climate change and then failed to act.
The safety and security of our staff, visitors, and collection are paramount and we made continual dynamic assessments of the conditions, associated risks, and required mitigations throughout the period leading up to and including July 18 and 19 and made adjustments to our approach as appropriate. Those considerations were informed by advice and input from a full range of people including relevant subject specialists, employees on the ground and their representatives.
“Staff have expressed distrust and anger towards upper management [at the British Museum], who make these decisions in their cool offices but do not suffer them,” said a PCS representative who requested anonymity. “Because a lot of museums are old institutions, I think they are too concerned with their reputation if they close, or let staff relax their dress codes and responsibilities. Therefore, I think the response has been poor and slow and medieval to be honest,” added the PCS rep.
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