Unions impose conditions before major museums reopen

It is the “resumption of activity of all the dangers”, affirms the CGT Culture, on its website. There is no better way to sum up the state of mind that reigns among museum and monument staff when negotiations begin on the containment plan. While all the major cultural establishments, Louvre, Versailles, Mobilier national, Compiègne, Chambord or Fontainebleau, to name a few, are planning their reopening, they have in front of them an anguished ball of resistance and staff representatives negotiating every single detail. The most radical simply display a political positioning, assimilating recovery and "business interests".The CGT Culture has also filed a strike notice in progress since May 14, believing that the danger was too great for their base, security agents or storekeepers. All are also threatening to exercise their “right of withdrawal”, the bane of all establishments

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