Eiffel Tower: strike notice served for Thursday August 2, 2018

Published by Caroline de Sortiraparis · Photos by Caroline de Sortiraparis · Published on August 1, 2018 at 02:17 p.m.
Caution, a strike notice has been served by the CGT-FO joint union of the Eiffel Tower personnel. As a result, the Iron Lady could not open this Thursday August 2, 2018…

What a bad luck for tourists visiting Paris and wishing to have a go to the Eiffel Tower this Thursday August 2, 2018

A strike notice has been served by the CGT-FO joint union of the Eiffel Tower personnel for the Thursday August 2, 2018 that could lead to the closing of the Iron Lady…

Meeting this August 1 in a general meeting to decide about how the social movement could go on, employees voted and chose August 2 to protest against the organization of the reception of visitors.

Since early July, the proportion of tickets open to booking by time sloths increased. But according to the CGT-Tour Eiffel union, the organization set “by the Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE) generates sometimes monstrous queues” and “often totally disproportioned”.

CGT reproaches the board for dedicated the north pillar accessing the Eiffel Tower to the reception of visitors holding presales and the other pillar to all other visitors. To solve the problem, the union offers to allow you all to “access the two pillars” with “a priority line” for tickets bought in presale.

Talkings are still currently on between the board and the unions. “The SET does everything to maintain the Eiffel Tower open”, the press release reads.

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Avenue Gustave Eiffel
75007 Paris 7

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Metro and RER: Line 6 or 9 "Trocadéro" station Line 6 "Bir-Hakeim" station RER C "Champ de Mars - Tour Eiffel" station

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