Eiffel Tower closed after staff protest over treatment of women
Staff protested alleged sidelining of women during a Hindu group’s visit, prompting the Paris landmark to close on Monday.
The Eiffel Tower was closed on Monday after staff protested allegations that women were sidelined during a visit by a Hindu group.
The disputed visit took place on Saturday, according to background material supplied with the report by Al Jazeera Global News. The identity of the group and the employees involved have not been specified.
Protesting staff or their union alleged that women were removed, sidelined or placed under special workplace instructions during the visit. The precise nature of the treatment remains unclear.
The available information does not establish that the Hindu group ordered or caused the alleged treatment. It also does not state how many staff protested, how long the closure lasted or what response management provided.
The closure turned a workplace dispute over the treatment of female employees into an interruption at one of Paris’s most recognisable public attractions.
