It is the end of a social movement which will have lastingly disrupted the fifth busiest tourist site in Paris (with more than three million visitors per year).
According to our information, management and some of the union organizations signed a memorandum of understanding on the future of the agents this Monday.
Since mid-October and nearly 100 days of strike, the agents have been worried about their future from the summer of 2025 when major asbestos removal and renovation work is planned within the museum.
In total, according to a union source, Beaubourg had to completely close its doors for 24 days - particularly during the end-of-year holidays when the public is usually numerous - and partially for 19 days.
With a considerable impact on attendance, “of the order of 200,000 to 300,000 fewer visitors, not counting private evenings,” says a union source.
The agents asked for guarantees regarding the maintenance of positions and salaries during the five years of closure.
The question of outsourcing certain services such as reception or surveillance was of particular concern to unions.
If it was not possible to maintain agents on a single site during the work, the unions are delighted to have been able to ensure “a guarantee of the employment ceiling”.
“We are almost certain that the more than 1,000 agents will have their jobs in 2030. A large part will remain in the Pompidou sector.
We feared that with the dispersion on different sites during the work, we would lose jobs,” says Philippe Mahé, secretary of the FO staff union at the Center Pompidou.
Another notable point of concern is the outsourcing of certain services such as those provided by reception agents or the security and fire service.
“That represented around 300 people.
They will be able to remain agents of the Center Pompidou while working on other sites,” continues the union representative.
The only variable still unknown is the replacement or not of around 140 retirements expected during the work period.
The maintenance of the achievements on the schedules for certain services, such as reception agents, was also ensured according to the FO manager, who welcomes the intervention of the Ministry of Culture in unblocking the negotiations.
“After discussions with the office of the new minister (Rachida Dati), there were improvements in the proposals.
She obviously wanted this to be resolved quickly,” observes the FO manager.