Until one hour ago, staff at the British Museum were not on strike because they were not members of the PCS union.

In the last hour, most of them have now joined, and they have walked out.

@jdpoc solidarity from the UCU, comrades!
@jdpoc I have no words to describe how awesome this is :)
@jdpoc quick everyone! Get your stuff back while nobody's looking!
@jdpoc hell yeah! That's very cool. Solidarity!
@jdpoc That’s awesome! ✊👏 For anyone observing, just so you know, legally speaking, you don’t have to be a member of the union that called the strike action, or of any union at all, or working in the same role as others striking, to withdraw labour and participate. #neverCrossAPicketLine
@jdpoc Quick! Colonized peoples go get your shit back!
@jdpoc quick, everybody get in! no one to stop you getting your stuff back!!
@jdpoc Maybe they can take the various plundered treasures and return them to their countries of origin. Now that's some #directaction I'd like to see. #Decolonize your ass and your mind will follow. 🖤🏴
@jdpoc It’s almost as if this Conservative party have single-handedly resurrected the need for Trade unions. People aren’t buying the workers are lazy drivel which is pumped out nonstop by our billionaire non Dom press. Nor do they believe that strikes are intrinsically evil. They recognise that people are on their knees and most have an uneasy feeling that Brexit may be behind a lot of the inflation and certainly behind deregulation that’s making our lives so much more dangerous.
#RejoinEU