US EditionLouvre Workers Vote to Extend a Strike at World’s Most Visited Museum
Unionized Louvre workers cite chronic understaffing, building decay, and security failures after a $102 million jewel heist; proposed government measures were rejected as insufficient.
- On Wednesday, Louvre Museum staff voted to extend their strike during a general assembly, putting the museum's reopening at risk.
- Union officials say the unrest stems from chronic understaffing, deteriorating building conditions and recent management decisions, intensified by an October crown-jewels heist and frustration among the Louvre's 2,200-strong workforce.
- In under eight minutes, thieves forced their way into the Louvre, escaping with 88 million euros in stolen historic jewels, while Laurence des Cars acknowledged an `institutional failure`.
- On Monday, the strike left thousands of visitors shut out, but management allowed a limited 'masterpiece route' including the 'Mona Lisa' while Laurence des Cars prepares for Senate culture committee scrutiny.
- Culture Ministry officials held crisis talks Monday, proposing to cancel a $6.7 million cut in 2026 funding, recruit guards, and raise pay; union officials rejected the offers as insufficient, while Philippe Jost was assigned last month.
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This complaint for "abuse of trust and perceived abuse of trust" follows leaks of internal and confidential information The Louvre filed a complaint against X after the leak in the press
The museum staff voted Thursday for a third day of strike. The day before, in the Senate, President Laurence des Cars tried to justify herself about the delays in the measures...
The Louvre agents renewed their strike movement on Thursday on the third day of their mobilization against their working conditions, again forcing the museum to open only part of its spaces, we learned from consistent sources.A delegation of agents is also received at the Ministry of Culture in an attempt to find a solution to this conflict which had led the Louvre to keep its doors closed on Monday.This mobilization comes as the museum struggle…
The social movement continues within the Parisian establishment, with the vote on the renewal of the strike on Thursday 18 December. A meeting is to be held at the Ministry of Culture.
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bienpublic.comOn strike since Monday, the staff of the Louvre continued their mobilization on Thursday, forcing the museum to open only partially, as on Wednesday.
Paris. The Louvre museum, closed on Monday by a strike, partially reopened its doors this Wednesday, despite the extension of the strike decided by its employees.
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