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Louvre, Versailles, Mont Saint-Michel on strike alert tomorrow
Workers at Paris' modern art center Pompidou are already on strike over planned job cuts, but those at other French museums and landmarks could join in their fight tomorrow. Seven unions are threatening to walk off the job on December 2nd if their demands aren't met by the MInistry of Culture. They're boycotting the government's plan to cut cultural positions, which would replace only one out of every two civil servants who retire.
The Pompidou Center is Paris' second most popular museum. If the cuts move forward, 400 of the museum's 1,100 jobs could be cut over the next 10 years. More than 40 percent of workers there are 50 years or older.
Other tourist sites potentially shutting down during the strike are Notre Dame, the Musée d'Orsay, and the Pantheon. However, the Eiffel Tower would not be affected.
