Eiffel Tower closes after staff strike over reported sidelining of women
The landmark’s operator said a Hindu delegation had requested arrangements limiting interactions with female employees, while the CGT condemned the reported workplace instructions.
The Eiffel Tower closed on Monday after staff walked out over the reported sidelining of female employees during a Hindu delegation’s visit several days earlier.
Staff and management said female employees were excluded during the visit, held on Saturday. The CGT union said workplace instructions had sidelined, replaced and rendered women employees invisible because of their gender.
The tower’s operator said the delegation had requested that the visit be organised to limit interactions with women. It acknowledged that the conditions should not have been accepted.
The visit coincided with the inauguration of a Hindu temple near Paris built by BAPS, identified as the Bochsanwasi Akshar Purshottam Swaminarayan Sanstha.
The available account does not detail the precise arrangements or identify who made the request. It also does not establish the delegation’s motives or attribute the reported conditions to BAPS or Hindu groups generally.
