"At a meeting of around 200 employees from three unions, staff voted "with unanimity" in favour of the strikes, a union official told Agence France-Presse (AFP). The strike notice was filed to the French culture ministry, with the unions stating they no longer want to negotiate with the Louvre's director, Laurence des Cars. According to the AFP, the unions wrote that parts of the Louvre were being regularly closed because of "insufficient staff numbers as well as technical failures and the building's ageing condition"."
"A previous statement issued by unions on 30 October listed their grievances against the Louvre's leadership and denounced failures of safety equipment. The statement complained of a "top down management system, ignoring alerts from staff and spreading news distorting reality". This latest strike action further undermines the position of des Cars, who is already under pressure following the theft of the French crown jewels on 19 October, with official reports blaming the museum's leadership for neglecting maintenance of its infrastructure."
Louvre employees voted unanimously to begin rolling strike action from 15 December, potentially causing closures during a peak visiting period if widely observed by the museum's approximately 2,100 staff. Unions filed a strike notice with the culture ministry and refuse to negotiate with director Laurence des Cars. Unions cite regular closures caused by insufficient staffing, technical failures and the building's ageing condition, and they denounce failures of safety equipment and a top-down management system that ignores staff alerts. The dispute follows the 19 October theft of the French crown jewels, subsequent gallery closures for structural weaknesses, and water leaks that have damaged hundreds of library works.
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