"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 "visiting the Louvre has become a real obstacle course" for the millions of people who come to admire its huge collections of art and artifacts. The museum is in "crisis," with insufficient resources and "increasingly deteriorated working conditions," said the unions' strike notice to Culture Minister Rachida Dati."
"The robbery gang made off with loot worth an estimated 88 million euros ($102 million). The museum director subsequently acknowledged a terrible failure" in security. The thieves took less than eight minutes to force their way into the museum and leave, using a freight lift to reach one of the building's windows, angle grinders to cut into jewelry display cases, and motorbikes to make their escape."
CGT, CFDT and Sud unions announced a strike starting next Monday in a letter addressed to Culture Minister Rachida Dati, citing obstructed visitor experience, insufficient resources, and deteriorating working conditions. The unions protested a ticket-price hike for non-European visitors and security weaknesses exposed by the October 19 theft of the Crown Jewels. Thieves stole an estimated 88 million using a freight lift, angle grinders and motorbikes, escaping in under eight minutes; the haul has not been recovered. Museum leadership acknowledged a security failure. Building upkeep lags, exemplified by a November 26 water leak that damaged several hundred publications in the Egyptian antiquities library.
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