Staff at the Louvre museum in Paris have voted to hold a series of strikes, claiming that the world-famous institution is suffering from poor maintenance and a lack of security. The decision to take industrial action was supported unanimously by the workers present at the vote.
Union representatives state that the museum is struggling to cope with the high volume of daily visitors and that the physical condition of the building is deteriorating. The strike action threatens to disrupt access to the home of the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo for thousands of tourists.
