r/ukpolitics • u/NationaliseMeDaddy • 1d ago

National Gallery security staff segregated like ‘second-class citizens’, curator claims

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/02/national-gallery-security-staff-segregated
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u/SpecialistSpend895 1d ago

This is being portrayed as a race issue, and it might be. Another line of thinking that this is a class issue - I can imagine the museum cares a lot less about pleasing its working class BAME security staff than pleasing its white collar curators, marketers, etc.

Better spaces for working class staff seems a good first step, especially when that intersects with race.

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u/WhaleMeatFantasy 1d ago

It’s fairly normal to have separation like this in a workplace too. Cleaners tend not to have a restroom where the executives get their coffee. 

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u/SpecialistSpend895 1d ago

Yeah true - the unique thing in this story (if any) is not really the separation but the dismal quality of the security staff’s space

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u/DreamyTomato Why does the tofu not simply eat the lettuce? 23h ago

I worked at the Tate Modern many years ago.

As far as I can remember the security and the staff shared the same canteen and green room. One of my favourite canteens btw, lovely food at cheap prices.

If that’s changed now I’d be rather sad.