Summary
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) is facing calls to pay all its workers the London living wage before opening its new site in Stratford. Campaigners say some staff and contractors earn less than the living wage of £14.80 an hour, which is higher than the UK minimum wage of £12.71.
Key Facts
- V&A East, the museum’s newest site, opened in Stratford, east London.
- The V&A is a group of museums including locations in South Kensington, Bethnal Green, and Dundee.
- The UK minimum wage is £12.71 per hour; the London living wage is £14.80 per hour.
- Some of the lowest-paid V&A workers and contractors currently earn less than the living wage.
- Over 21,000 people have signed an open letter asking the V&A to pay the living wage.
- Other museums like the National Gallery and Tate already pay the living wage.
- V&A Dundee is accredited as a living wage employer, but the London sites are not.
- Campaign groups Organise and Citizens UK lead the push for the V&A to pay fair wages to all employees.
