Unison leader joins striking workers at Wakefield's National Coal Mining Museum
Around 40 staff at the attraction have been out since the summer in a pay dispute
Workers at a mining museum who have been on strike for 13 weeks will be joined on their picket line by the leader of their trade union on Thursday.
Members of Unison at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, are involved in a long running dispute over pay.
They include ex-miners who were involved in the 1984/5 strike who are now guides at the museum.
Unison general secretary Christina McAnea joined the picket line in support of the strike yesterday - with action set to run until the end of January 2026.
The museum said in a statement: "The charity's Trustees are very grateful for the continued support of visitors to our free-to-enter museum and regret any inconvenience caused by the current industrial action by Unison members.
"The charity has compromised and offered a settlement which would give the craftspeople within the mining team exactly the uplift which Unison have demanded and supports the vision of a staffing structure comparable with other organisations, which Unison have quoted as desirable.
"We are disappointed therefore that our offer has been rejected and that industrial action has been extended until January 28."