the PARIS – “I’m sorry if we have caused frustration in some tourists, but the health of the workers is first of all”. the Christian Galani is the representative of the trade union Cgt in the Louvre. Security personnel since 2006, Galani, he led the negotiations with management that have led to the reopening today of the paris museum. Last Sunday many of the employees had exercised the “droit de retrait” (“the right to leave the workplace” in the Italian jurisprudence) provided in the case of perception of a hazard in the workplace. After three days of negotiations for measures of protection against the new coronavirus, has been found an agreement. “We are satisfied even if there are still points to be clarified,” says Galani.
The Louvre is the only museum in paris where the employees have decided to fold their arms. Someone accused of having succumbed to the psychosis. What responds?
“we are Not paranoid. The truth is that the management has not understood the gravity of the situation. Have been completely underestimated the health risks to staff in a museum visited daily by 40 thousand people. Already a month ago, when we started talking about the coronavirus in China, some trade unionists had sent an email to management to ask what had been expected. The chinese tourists are the largest community in the museum after the americans. It was legitimate to question”.