The Eiffel Tower is closed while workers strike on the 100th anniversary of its founder's death
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The Eiffel Tower is shut down to visitors Wednesday because of a strike over contract negotiations. The strike coincides with the Paris monument marking 100 years since the death of its creator, Gustave Eiffel.
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Visitors were unable to enter the world-famous Paris landmark on Wednesday as its workers strike over their contracts. The staff scheduled the closure to start exactly 100 years after the death of Gustave Eiffel.
The strike is a "symbolic action on a symbolic day, to commemorate the anniversary of Eiffel’s death and to conserve his work," Stephane Dieu of the CGT union said.
The Eiffel Tower is shut down to visitors Wednesday because of a strike over contract negotiations. The strike coincides with the Paris monument marking 100 years since the death of its creator, Gustave Eiffel.
The Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors on the 100th anniversary of its founder's death due to a strike over contract negotiations, officials confirmed.
The Eiffel Tower was shut down to visitors Wednesday because of a strike over contract negotiations, the day the Paris monument marks 100 years since the death of its creator, Gustave Eiffel.
