article_snippet.sent: Wardens at Windsor Castle say Wardens at Windsor Castle are expected to carry out extra duties, including giving guided tours to visitors, for no extra money.
article_snippet.sent: Their main role includes meeting and greeting visitors, conducting security searches, telling people about the history of Windsor Castle, and handing out free audio guides.
article_snippet.sent: But The PCS said staff are also asked to perform extra duties for free, such as leading paid-for tours, carrying out first aid and speaking foreign languages to overseas visitors.
article_snippet.sent: The PCS said 76 wardens out of 180 at Windsor Castle will now refuse to host tours of the Great Kitchen and the Tower and will instead ‘work to rule –
article_snippet.sent: Wardens are also considering causing ‘disruption’ and ‘long queues’ by conducting more thorough security searches than usual and ‘observing every single check Wardens are supposed to do’ – slowing down visitors’ entry to Windsor Castle.
article_snippet.sent: A Royal Collection Trust spokesman said: ‘Following the union ballot, we have been informed that some PCS-affiliated wardens at Windsor Castle will no longer participate in various activities undertaken during some PCS-affiliated wardens at Windsor Castle working day, including using some PCS-affiliated wardens at Windsor Castle language and first-aid skills, and conducting tours of specific areas of Windsor Castle during August and September.
article_snippet.sent: The Royal Collection said that only nine wardens were required to conduct tours every day out of an average of 85 wardens in work, and that the industrial action should have ‘no impact’ on visitors.
article_snippet.sent: Asked about the threat of slower security searches, a spokeswoman said: ‘Security searches at Windsor Castle are rigorous and we would expect staff to carry out Security searches at Windsor Castle usual duties.