Workers at the Louvre Museum have voted to strike over poor working conditions, a ticket-price hike for non-European visitors, and security weaknesses<\/p>\n
PARIS — Workers at the Louvre Museum voted Monday for strikes to protest their work conditions, a ticket-price hike for non-European visitors<\/a> and security weaknesses that a brazen daylight theft<\/a> of France\u2019s Crown Jewels highlighted in October.<\/p>\n In a letter announcing the strike action starting next Monday, which was addressed to France’s culture minister and seen by The Associated Press, the CGT, CFDT and Sud unions asserted that \u201cvisiting the Louvre has become a real obstacle course\u201d for the millions of people who come to admire its huge collections of art and artifacts.<\/p>\n The museum is in \u201ccrisis,\u201d with insufficient resources and \u201cincreasingly deteriorated working conditions,” said the unions\u2019 strike notice to Culture Minister Rachida Dati. <\/p>\n \u201cThe theft of 19 October 2025 highlighted shortcomings in priorities that had long been reported,\u201d the unions alleged. <\/p>\n The robbery gang made off with loot worth an estimated 88 million euros<\/a> ($102 million). The museum director subsequently acknowledged a \u2033terrible failure” in security. The thieves took less than eight minutes<\/a> to force their way into the museum and leave, using a freight lift to reach one of the building\u2019s windows, angle grinders to cut into jewelry display cases, and motorbikes to make their escape. <\/p>\n