Museum strike

STAFF at one of the world's most-visited museum - the Museo Picasso Malaga(MPM) - are going out on a threehour strike this Friday to protest against low salaries.

Some 85% of workers balloted backed the strike call and will walk out between 10am and 1pm.

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They say an 8% wage rise does not wake up for modest rises in recent years that have not kept up with inflation. The protest has been timed to coincide with the first annual meeting of the Museum's foundation.

The MPM works council says it carried out a survey at 10 other major Spanish museums including Malaga's Museo Carmen Thyssen and the Museo Picasso in Barcelona.

They discovered that salaries and employment conditions at the MPM were significantly inferior to those elsewhere.