Workers at the Louvre Museum in Paris voted on Monday to go on strike in protest of their working conditions, a ticket price hike for non-European visitors, and security weaknesses that led to the brazen daylight theft of France's Crown Jewels in October.
In a letter announcing the strike action next Monday and addressed to France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati, the CGT, CFDT and Sud unions said that "visiting the Louvre has become a real obstacle course" for the millions of people who come to admire its vast collections of art and artefacts.
