Unionized staff across all four branches of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London announced their intention to strike on October 29 and 30, citing stalled negotiations and allegations of “Amazon-style” working conditions at the newly opened V&A East Storehouse.

The announcement follows two planned strikes in September at three V&A museums by workers represented by Prospect Union’s heritage division and the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS). The V&A preemptively closed the three locations in response to the strike threat, a move it described in a statement at the time as a “difficult decision.”

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Staff at the V&A East Storehouse, a publicly accessible museum storage facility in East London, had voted unanimously in July to strike, claiming they are denied enough time to use the bathroom or drink water.…