Eiffel Tower: Agreement between workers and management and the end of the multi-day strike – 2024-02-27 01:00:23

The Eiffel Tower, which remained closed for five days due to a strike, will reopen on Sunday following an agreement between unions and the Paris monument’s operator, the latter announced today.

“The management of the Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (Sete) and the trade unions have reached an agreement to end the strike which provides that the two sides will regularly monitor the economic model, the development of labor investments and the company’s revenues through a body that will meet every 6 months,” explains Sete in a statement sent to AFP.

The workers at the Eiffel Tower went on strike to denounce the management model of the popular French monument which they believe underestimates the cost of its maintenance and operation. Negotiations with the Eiffel Tower Exploitation Company (Sete), in which the Paris municipality owns 99% of the shares, began yesterday and were described as “constructive” by the company.

In particular, the employees blame the employing company for the financial management, but also the municipal authority for the very high financial demands on the revenue of the monument, which leave no scope for carrying out repair and maintenance work, while at the same time limiting the recruitment and remuneration of the staff.

The row, which kept the Eiffel Tower closed until December 27, the centenary of the architect Gustave Eiffel’s death, took place amid the winter school holidays and five months before the Olympics (July 26-August 11).