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Workers at the National Gallery are staging a series of fresh strikes in a row over the privatization of services.

Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union at the National Gallery are walking out for five days, following a strike on 2 February.

About 200 workers are campaigning against plans to switch visitor services to a private company.

A National Gallery spokesman said there would be no job cuts as a result of the transfer.

Staff at the National Gallery in London are to stage a five-day strike in a row over the privatization of services. The walk-out, over plans to hand visitor services to a private company, will run from February 3 to 7.

Last week the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union said its members had voted by more than nine to one for industrial action. The National Gallery said the proposed changes were "necessary" and that it was "disappointed" by the strike vote.