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Louvre workers vote to extend a strike at the world's most visited museum

(17 Dec 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Paris – 17 December 2025 1. Various of Louvre employees on strike with flags outside main entrance to museum 2. Various of Louvre employees with union flags outside entrance 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Christian Galani, CGT Union representative: "Yes, we vote, we were 300 people who voted the strike." 4. CGT badge on Galani's jacket 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Christian Galani, CGT Union representative "We would like to have more employees in this, in our museum. That's our first revindication (demand). So more employees. We would like our direction (employer) to take really (good) care of the building and of the security of our museum and we would like our direction, to quit, (cancel) the difference of prices to enter in our museums." VALIDATED UGC ++USER GENERATED CONTENT: This video has been authenticated by AP based on the following validation checks: ++Video and audio content checked by regional experts against known locations and events ++Video is consistent with independent AP reporting ++Video cleared for use by all AP clients by content creator Paris – 17 December 2025 6. Various of Louvre employees on strike with flags outside main entrance to museum ASSOCIATED PRESS Paris – 17 December 2025 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Christian Galani, CGT Union representative: "I tell them (the visitors), today we are on strike. It's our right and we are defending their rights too, because if our negotiations (demands) are satisfied, they will be able to visit a museum in better conditions." 8. Entrance to museum with visitors queuing outside 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Christian Galani, CGT Union representative: "Now we can talk about these things, but there are many years we are talking (we've been raising these issues for many years) about the problem of security, the problem of the number of employees, the problem of our salary. So now it's time to change. It's time to change the politics of this establishment, of this museum, and by the strike we are going to have a negotiation and better condition, I hope so." 10. Union representatives outside Louvre 11. SOUNDBITE (French) Elise Muller, SUD Union representative: "But in fact, the spotlight is globally on the Louvre because the world has seen that the Louvre was poorly managed. That's mainly what happened. So naturally, we, the staff of the institution, attached to this palace, to these collections, and to what they represent in terms of history, are deeply hurt by what has happened. The whole world is watching us, but we were sounding the alarm about this before the whole world started watching. The problem is that with the theft, then the damages, the collapsing floor, the flooded library, everyone can see it. But we knew, and we weren't listened to." 12. Entrance to museum with visitors queuing outside 13. SOUNDBITE (French) Elise Muller, SUD Union representative: "We were received at the ministry level but we have not been received a single time by the Louvre management since the strike notice was filed. We haven't seen the president, who insists in the media that employees are in favour of these major projects. We had 400 people at the general assembly on Monday morning who said they would reject the management's projects as they were presented. In fact, there is a real divide between the Louvre staff, employees from all departments, and its management, which continues to operate in isolation. It is bunkered, and there is no exchange or possible discussion." 14. Louvre pyramid and visitors STORYLINE: Union officials said the measures fell short. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...