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The National Archives (TNA) has warned researchers to expect reduced services on 1 February after staff voted to strike.<\/p>\n
In a statement on its website, TNA, which is the official archive body for England and Wales, said: \u201cWe will remain open to visitors on this day but expect some of our services to be affected, as follows:<\/p>\n
\u2022 We will provide a document reading room service, limited to pre-booked advance orders only
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union has called a one-day strike on 1 February of all members in employers where the turnout passed the 50% threshold required by law for a strike in a ballot held last year.<\/p>\n
This includes TNA as well as the National Records of Scotland (NRS), the official government records body for Scotland, and the National Library of Wales (NLW), the biggest library and archive in Wales.<\/p>\n
The NRS and NLW both told Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine<\/em> that they plan to run normal services on 1 February.<\/p>\n PCS said that the strike was due to the cost of living crisis and that its demands were for \u201ca 10% pay rise, pensions justice, job security and no cuts in redundancy terms\u201d.<\/p>\n The strike will be coordinated with other strikes and protests taking place across the UK, including a national \u2018protect the right to strike\u2019 day in protest at the government\u2019s Strike (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, which will allow employers in some sectors to require staff to meet minimum service levels on strike days.<\/p>\n A PCS spokesperson told Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine<\/em>: \u201cPCS members are going on strike across the culture sector after a decade of pay freezes, funding cuts and endless precarious work.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Rosemary Collins is the features editor of\u00a0<\/em>Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By Rosemary Collins Published: Thursday, 26 January 2023 at 12:00 am The National Archives (TNA) has warned researchers to expect reduced services on 1 February after staff voted to strike. In a statement on its website, TNA, which is the official archive body for England and Wales, said: \u201cWe will remain open to visitors on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":22394,"template":"","categories":[1,16],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/the-national-archives-to-reduce-services-on-strike-day-on-wednesday-scaled.jpg",2560,1564,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/the-national-archives-to-reduce-services-on-strike-day-on-wednesday-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/the-national-archives-to-reduce-services-on-strike-day-on-wednesday-300x183.jpg",300,183,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/the-national-archives-to-reduce-services-on-strike-day-on-wednesday-768x469.jpg",768,469,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/the-national-archives-to-reduce-services-on-strike-day-on-wednesday-1024x626.jpg",800,489,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/the-national-archives-to-reduce-services-on-strike-day-on-wednesday-1536x938.jpg",1536,938,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/01\/the-national-archives-to-reduce-services-on-strike-day-on-wednesday-2048x1251.jpg",2048,1251,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Rosemary Collins Published: Thursday, 26 January 2023 at 12:00 am The National Archives (TNA) has warned researchers to expect reduced services on 1 February after staff voted to strike. In a statement on its website, TNA, which is the official archive body for England and Wales, said: \u201cWe will remain open to visitors on…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/22393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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