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Famous workers around the world Louvre Museum Voted overwhelmingly in favor of strike citing worsening working conditions, Controversial increase in ticket price for non-European visitors, and critical security vulnerabilities.
After the decision taken on Monday, industrial action will start from next Monday.
In a letter addressed to FranceThe Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, and observed by the Associated Press, the unions CGT, CFDT, and SUD claimed that “Visiting the Louvre has become a real obstacle course” for the millions of people who visit its vast collection.
He described the museum as being in “crisis”, suffering from inadequate resources and “rapidly deteriorating working conditions”.
Unions shed light on France’s daylight thefts Crown Jewels on 19 October 2025 as a clear example of security failures.
They alleged that “the theft of 19 October 2025 has exposed shortcomings in priorities that have long been reported,” underscoring long-standing concerns that have now culminated in strike action.
The robbery gang stole goods worth an estimated 88 million euros ($102 million). The museum director later admitted a “catastrophic failure” in security.
The thieves took less than eight minutes to break into and out of the museum, using a freight elevator to reach a window in the building, an angle grinder to cut through jewelry display cases, and a motorcycle to escape.
The stolen goods have not been recovered. It includes a diamond and emerald necklace napoleon Given to Queen Marie-Louise with jewels belonging to two 19th-century queens, Marie-Amélie and Hortense, and the pearl and diamond tiara of Queen Eugenie.
The strike action came after an estimated 400 books were damaged egyptian antiquities Department after the leak last month.
The Art Tribune It was reported that the department was requesting funding from Francis Steinbock, the museum’s deputy administrator. Years of work took place to save the books from the pipes, which were in poor condition.
Mr. Steinbock said bfm tv One of three rooms in the Egyptian Library was affected by a leaking water pipe, it was reported on Sunday ancient times Department.
He said the museum had identified 300 to 400 works, but “counting is ongoing”, adding that the lost books “were consulted by Egyptologists, but there were no precious books”.