The Eiffel Tower in Paris was shut down on Monday as workers protested an accommodated request for female staff to be replaced by male colleagues during a Hindu religious group's visit to the site. The controversy sparked a fierce debate in France over where religious accommodation ends and the coun…
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Eiffel Tower shut down as workers protest female staff being replaced by males for Hindu group
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Paris probes why women staff removed from Eiffel Tower for Hindu visit
The Eiffel Tower was forced to close on Monday after staff went on strike in protest at the exclusion of female employees during a recent visit by a Hindu delegation. The Paris landmark's operator said the group had requested that the private visit be organised in such a way as to limit “interaction…
The Eiffel Tower was closed on Monday 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 Eiffel Tower was closed as staff protested after a private BAPS visit led to female employees being moved aside for male colleagues, with unions condemning gender-based sidelining; SETE acknowledged the request to limit interactions with women and apologized, while Paris officials pledged an inv…
The employees protested against the removal of the site's female workers due to a request by a religious Hindu group. The tower's operating company apologized for the decision.
The employees protested against the removal of the site's female workers due to a request by a visiting Hindu group. The tower's operating company apologized for the decision.
The mayor of Paris said an investigation would be launched into the incident, which left female employees "humiliated", according to a union representative.
By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — The Eiffel Tower in Paris was closed on Monday as employees went on strike to protest claims female colleagues were told to stay out of sight during a visit by a Hindu religious group, drawing criticism from French politicians.
Eiffel Tower workers went on strike Monday after female staffers were told to step aside and be "invisible" during a weekend religious group visit — prompting outrage among the personnel at the explicit gender segregation.
One-day strike called after Paris landmark agreed to keep women out of sight for visit by Hindu group The Eiffel Tower has reopened after a one-day strike was called in response to the landmark’s management ordering female staff to keep out of sight at the request of a visiting religious group.
The Eiffel Tower reopened on Tuesday after staff walked out over the removal of women colleagues during a visit by a Hindu religious group which later apologised. The operating company that runs the Paris landmark, SETE, acknowledged that the Hindu delegation had requested the visit on Saturday be o…
The Eiffel Tower reopened Tuesday, a day after one of the world's most-visited landmarks was closed by a strike to protest what a union official called "unacceptable" management instructions limiting the presence of women during a visit by a Hindu religious group close to Indian Prime Minister Naren…
Female staff working at the Eiffel Tower were temporarily replaced with male counterparts to accommodate Hindu religious leaders, setting off a workers’ strike and prompting a government inquiry. The Société d’Exploitation de la tour Eiffel, the organization that manages the landmark, told reporters…
The mayor of Paris on Tuesday ordered investigations over the removal of women staff at the Eiffel Tower during a visit by a Hindu religious group which prompted an employee walkout and the one-day closure of the monument.
France got a crash course on the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), a Hindu sect at the heart of an Eiffel Tower strike this week. But for Indians in France who have been trying to raise awareness of far-right Hindu groups, it comes too late.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris was shut down on Monday as workers protested an accommodated request for female staff to be replaced by male colleagues during a Hindu religious group's visit to the site. The controversy sparked a fierce debate in France over where religious accommodation ends and the coun…
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