US EditionLouvre workers announce strike over work conditions and security after $102M heist
Unions cite understaffing, facility decay, and a high-profile €88 million jewel theft as reasons for strike at the Louvre, with action set to start Dec. 15.
- Workers at the Louvre Museum voted for strikes to protest work conditions, a ticket-price hike, and security weaknesses after a $102M heist in October.
- The theft of 19 October highlighted shortcomings that had long been reported, and the thieves took less than eight minutes to steal jewelry worth an estimated €88 million .
- Three unions called for a rolling strike starting December 15, demanding 200 new jobs for security and visitor services, citing chronic under-estimation of risks and under-investment in security measures.
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In Paris, the staff of the Musée du Louvre are called to a strike that can be renewed from Monday, December 15, 2025, to protest against degraded working conditions and insufficient means. This call to disengage comes after a series of difficulties.
Workers at the Louvre in Paris will go on strike next Monday to protest their working conditions, a hike in ticket prices for non-European visitors and security shortcomings, Euronews reports. The unions wrote in a letter to French Culture Minister Rachida Dati that “visiting the Louvre has become a real obstacle course.” The museum, the world’s most visited institution, is in “crisis,” with insufficient resources and “worsening working conditio…
The Louvre rumbles, the Louvre ploie, its staff alerts and threatens a strike that can be renewed from Monday 15 December, the notice of which was deposited on Monday 8 December by the unions SNMD-CGT Culture, CFDT-Culture and Sud-Culture. "If we are not heard, we will knock," warn Christian Galani, of the CGT section of the museum. Translate: it will take a real commitment from the management, including statutory job creation, to avoid a strike…
Paris, France. Three trade unions from the Louvre museum in Paris called for an “extensive strike” starting on December 15 to protest against the “impaired working conditions” and “insufficient resources,” one of them announced Monday to AFP. The Louvre, the most visited museum in the world, is in the eye of the hurricane since the spectacular robbery of October 19, in which four men burst through a window and took away in a few minutes several …
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