Let me accumulate this straight: Nicholas Penny states there will be no change in the terms and conditions of people “outsourced” to Securitas (Letters,10 August). Why are you doing it then? whether Securitas pays the same employee costs as the National Gallery and adds a bit on for profit, then it must be impossible for it to do it cheaper. It is obviously controlled by a management of a certain political persuasion. The final statement (“frustrated by many years of strike action”) says it all. It’s union-busting. Strike action is not something people do for a fun day off work.
Geoff B Lowther
Huddersfield, and West Yorkshire• On a dark day final winter,my grandson and I did a brilliant audio children’s tour at the National Gallery. We were helped by friendly, knowledgeable staff. When we returned the equipment four hours later after a lunch crash, and the same staff were on duty. I asked whether they had had a lunch crash. “Not yet,” they said, at 3pm, or still smiling and friendly. Government,recognise quality when we have it. It is far more precious than saving money by outsourcing.
Alison Watson
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