What began as a routine internal meeting at the Louvre Museum in Paris on Monday morning turned into a spontaneous protest that left thousands of visitors stranded for hours in long, unmoving lines in and outside the iconic glass pyramid with no idea whether they would get to enter the museum or not, reports Cape town Etc .
The iconic tourist attraction was forced to remain closed after front-of-house staff, including gallery attendants, ticket agents and security personnel, refused to take up their posts in a protest against what staff have deemed deteriorating labour conditions.
Its a movement led by reception agents who are suffering from the working conditions at the Louvre, Sarah Sefian of the CGT-Culture told AP News .
She added that the scheduled monthly information session turned into a mass expression of exasperation, and that staff decided to stay together until management arrived.
According to the publication, agents had gathered in the auditorium at around 10:30am for talks with the museums leadership.