US EditionLouvre Workers Vote to Extend a Strike at World’s Most Visited Museum
Louvre workers protest understaffing and security failings after a $102 million crown jewels theft, disrupting access despite ministry offers to halt funding cuts and recruit more staff.
- 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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On Wednesday morning, approximately 300 workers, who are striking over understaffing and the deterioration of the museum building, had voted for a second day of strike after Monday's.
The employees of the Louvre museum decided to extend the strike today, after they unanimously decided to go on strike earlier this week.
A large part of the Louvre Museum in Paris is closed due to a staff strike. The staff decided this morning to extend the strike, which began Monday, indefinitely. Employees are deeply concerned and dissatisfied with the museum's operations. They cite poor working conditions and a lack of funding as the biggest problems. The museum has received several negative headlines in recent months following a major robbery in which valuable jewelry was sto…
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