No end in sight: Eiffel Tower employees are on strike out of concern for the tower. They want their tower to be better protected.
The city of Paris is making millions of dollars from ticket sales and saving on maintenance. Even advice from the builder is said to have been ignored. The operating company tried to mediate between the strikers and the city - but apparently without success. If the “dame de fer” (“lady of iron”), as the Parisians affectionately call the landmark, does not reopen by Sunday lunchtime, it will be the longest strike in the history of the tower, completed in 1889.