The employees of the Louvre Museum are on strike. The major problem complained by some of them, having reached “the end of their powers”
Many tourists gather along the banks of the Seine near the Louvre Museum, which remained closed following the October 19 robbery. Paris, France, on October 20, 2025. PHOTO: AA/ABACA / Abaca Press / Profimedia
Louvre employees have called a strike for December 15 in protest at deteriorating working conditions and insufficient resources, French media reported on Monday.
They are demanding the creation of new jobs, mainly at reception and security, “to compensate for jobs lost in the past”, a union representative told Le Monde newspaper.
“The reception and monitoring teams are stretched thin because they are understaffed,” she pointed out.
The strike call follows several incidents at the famous museum in Paris, DPA and Agerpres note.
On October 19, France's imperial-era crown jewels were stolen. Several suspects were arrested, but no trace of the jewels, valued by the Louvre at 88 million euros ($102 million).
Furthermore, last month a gallery had to be closed due to rotting beams, and over the weekend it was learned that between 300 and 400 journals and documents from the Ancient Egyptian library were damaged as a result of a water leak.
The museum assured that the cultural heritage objects in the library were not damaged and that the documents will be dried, restored and replaced, explaining that the cause is an outdated hydraulic system that is to be replaced from September next year.
