Louvre closes for the day due to strike

""The museum is not opening today,""

""If we get the pay but continue with this governance model, we won't be out of the woods,""

""There may be announcements, but we are still dealing with a management that digs its heels in and doesn't recognise that it can sometimes be wrong,""

"The two days of museum closures in December and earlier in January have resulted in a loss of "at least one million euros" in revenue, management said."

The Louvre Museum closed for the day due to a staff strike, marking its third closure in a month. Trade unions demand increased recruitment, higher pay, and better maintenance of the former royal palace. Nearly 140 new hires have been announced since mid-December, and a culture ministry meeting is scheduled to discuss salary increases. Some union leaders criticize director Laurence des Cars' management as remote and inflexible. Management reported at least one million euros lost from recent closures. Security failures after an October 19 jewel theft have intensified scrutiny, and footage of the heist aired on French television.

Read at The Local France