'Privatisation - the answer', says GMB
Desperate times call for desperate measures - so they say.
So the GMB must be dire straits indeed - to suggest that some of Glasgow's finest works of art should be auctioned off - to pay for budget shortfalls and bring an end to a long-running industrial dispute.
Normally, the big public sector unions are keen to promote the idea of - Private Bad, Public Good.
But on this occasion they appear to be making an exception.
According to the Sunday Herald, the GMB is calling for works of art to be sold off - presumably to individual private buyers - with the proceeds being used to persuade union members to stop taking strike action in Glasgow's museums and galleries.
In recent days strike action has closed Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the People’s Palace and the Gallery Of Modern Art – three of Glasgow’s leading visitor attractions.
So, there we have it - one of the UK's biggest unions supports the privatisation of public assets - when it suits its own narrow, sectional interests.
If this sounds a bit too surreal, just remember that one of Scotland's finest works of art - Dali’s world-famous painting 'Christ Of St John Of The Cross' – has its home in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery.
Who'd have thought the GMB capable of conjuring up a more bizarre image than the Spanish master of surrealism - Salvador Dali.
So the GMB must be dire straits indeed - to suggest that some of Glasgow's finest works of art should be auctioned off - to pay for budget shortfalls and bring an end to a long-running industrial dispute.
Normally, the big public sector unions are keen to promote the idea of - Private Bad, Public Good.
But on this occasion they appear to be making an exception.
According to the Sunday Herald, the GMB is calling for works of art to be sold off - presumably to individual private buyers - with the proceeds being used to persuade union members to stop taking strike action in Glasgow's museums and galleries.
In recent days strike action has closed Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the People’s Palace and the Gallery Of Modern Art – three of Glasgow’s leading visitor attractions.
So, there we have it - one of the UK's biggest unions supports the privatisation of public assets - when it suits its own narrow, sectional interests.
If this sounds a bit too surreal, just remember that one of Scotland's finest works of art - Dali’s world-famous painting 'Christ Of St John Of The Cross' – has its home in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery.
Who'd have thought the GMB capable of conjuring up a more bizarre image than the Spanish master of surrealism - Salvador Dali.
