US EditionStaff Strike Forces Louvre to Close Doors to Visitors
The strike involves 2,200 staff protesting chronic understaffing and mismanagement following a $102 million jewel theft and multiple incidents of building damage.
- A notice outside the Louvre museum in Paris read `Due to a strike, the museum won't be able to open today`, and tourists told AFP they were dismayed after being turned away.
- Staff say the strike was prompted by long-simmering mismanagement and understaffing, the $102 million Apollo Gallery heist, and October's Greek ceramics gallery closure plus water damage to the Egyptian department; Francois Chatillon said last month the building "is not in good shape."
- Around 2,200 frontline employees backed the walkout, with Elise Muller, a security guard, saying `We're angry` and staff saying `We disagree with the way the Louvre has been managed`.
- Closures disrupted public access and forced visitors turned away , while the Greek ceramics gallery closed due to collapsing beams and the Egyptian department faced water damage to books and manuscripts.
- Union demands now focus on repairs, security upgrades and hiring as Francois Chatillon's admission last month that the building is not in good shape and the $102 million Apollo Gallery robbery increase pressure for action.
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The employees of the largest museum in the world protest against poor working conditions and safety deficiencies. Does the president and director of the house, Laurence des Cars, have to go?
An enlarged view in front of the pyramid indicates “the opening of the museum is currently pending”, AFP journalists in front of the site noted.Missoo Kim, 37 years old, a Korean man in the middle of the month, told AFP that he was very disappointed because the Luvre was the main reason he came to Paris, wanting to see Mona Lisa.Petera, a 27-year-old Brazilian woman in Paris with a family for 4 days, declared herself “very disappointed” and inte…
Audits ignored, outdated of the palace, chronic understaffed: long before the breakage of October 19, the Louvre was weakened. The theft of the Crown jewels revealed these flaws, until the unanimous strike of the...
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