File spoon-archives/aut-op-sy.archive/aut-op-sy_1997/aut-op-sy.9705, message 51


From: "Curtis Price" <cansv-AT-igc.apc.org>
Date:          Mon, 26 May 1997 19:42:28 +0000
Subject:       (Fwd) Watchmen's strike at Louvre turns away tourists


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Date:          Sat, 24 May 1997 11:02:53 -0700
From:          NewsHound <speak-AT-hound.com>

Reply-to:      speak-AT-hound.com
Subject:       Watchmen's strike at Louvre turns away tourists



Here is your NewsHound news article from your "STRIKES" hound with a score "64."  For more information, visit the NewsHound website at http://www.newshound.com or send an email to speak-AT-hound.com.



Watchmen's >>strike<< at Louvre turns away tourists

PARIS (AP) -- Tourists hoping to see the Mona Lisa and thousands of other
artworks at the Louvre were turned away Saturday by >>striking<< night
watchmen who blocked the museum's doors for a third straight day.

The watchmen, protesting working conditions, blocked the glass pyramid
entrance in the main courtyard of the Louvre -- one of the world's most
popular tourist sites. In May, an average 20,000 people visit the museum
daily.

The roughly 100 guards on >>strike<< are protesting personnel cuts,
complaints about their uniforms and a loss of vacation time to compensate
for night shifts.



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