Related News
Workers shut Eiffel Tower on health fears
Print Edition
WORKERS at the Eiffel Tower concerned over an upcoming paint job at the famous landmark went on strike yesterday, the third stoppage at the monument in six months.
Unions representing the 300 workers said they called the strike over the “deliberate absence of transparency” on key decisions relating to the functioning of the tower.
A spokesman for the hard-left CGT union Denis Vavassori said employees were particularly worried about a paint stripping operation planned ahead of a new paint job in 2017.
“The monument is in an obvious state of disrepair,” he said, warning of the “health risks” to staff from what he called a “botched” operation.
The strike left crowds of disappointed visitors who had to make do with admiring the 324-meter tower from the ground.
The tower’s operator SETE confirmed the latest closure was caused by a labor dispute.
“Discussions are taking place between management and workers’ representatives,” SETE said, adding it regretted the inconvenience to visitors.
The dispute is the third in six months at the venerable “Iron Lady.”
Around 7 million people — 20,000 a day — bought tickets to the Eiffel Tower in 2015, 80 percent of them coming from abroad.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
