At Tate Galleries in London, Parting Gift Makes Waves: A Boat
Tate Modern said that It is insensitive that Tate management would even think to do this
and we would encourage them to concentrate on listening to our concerns as we campaign for fair pay, more staff and an end to outsourcing at Tate.
But when staff members at the Tate Modern and Tate Britain art galleries in London were asked this week to contribute
to buy a gift for the Tate group’s departing director, many raised eyebrows over the present: a sailboat.
"Nick loves sailing, and this would be a lasting and very special reminder of the high
regard which I know so many of us have for Nick and his contribution to Tate."
Tate asking its workers, many of them outsourced and on low wage zero-hours contracts, to contribute
towards buying Nicholas Serota a yacht pic.twitter.com/mhFLAN3HQW Pay negotiations have been tense.
Public said that This shows how far Tate management are removed from the reality of the everyday lives of Tate staff and the fact
that many of them can barely afford to pay their bills,
One trade union claimed that even after wage increases proposed by the museum group, staff
pay would range from 15,707 pounds to 23,695 pounds, or about $20,230 to $30,520.
