Staff at the Eiffel Tower walked out on strike on Wednesday in a dispute over lengthening queues at the Paris landmark, forcing it to close during the peak summer tourist season.<\/p>\n
Talks between the CGT trade union and the tower\u2019s management over a new access system – which according to workers was responsible for \u201cmonstrous\u201d lines of visitors – reached deadlock on Wednesday afternoon, and the site closed at 4 pm (1400 GMT).<\/p>\n
It was not clear whether the strike would continue on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The new system, which from July has reserved separate lifts for different types of ticket-holders, was exhausting staff who had to deal with the frustrated tourists, union officials said.<\/p>\n
The site\u2019s management has said the summer months were always busy. [nL5N1UR79E]\n
Each year over six million tourists go up the 342-metre (1,063-foot) tower, the French capital\u2019s most famous attraction.<\/p>\n
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Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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