Eiffel closed in row over women removed for Hindu group
The Eiffel Tower reopened after a day of strike action by staff outraged by the eviction of female staff during a visit granted to a Hindu religious group. (AFP Photo)
The Eiffel Tower was closed on Sept. 7 because of a strike by staff over the removal of female colleagues during a visit by a Hindu religious group, workers and management said.
The visit came on the same day as a cultural boat procession on the Seine organized by the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) spiritual movement.
In a statement, Eiffel Tower staff condemned “professional instructions that led to female employees being sidelined, replaced and made invisible because of their sex” during the visit by the delegation.
