Strike shuts Eiffel Tower for second day The Eiffel Tower has remained closed as workers remained on strike for better working conditions. THE Eiffel Tower has been closed for a second day at the height of the Paris tourist season as workers remained on strike, to the disappointment of tourists flocking to the site. The monument was due to re-open on Thursday, but unable to scale its heights on Wednesday, visitors instead posed at the tower's base, snapping photographs of themselves standing beside "On Strike" posters. Eiffel Tower staff were refusing to work as they pressed demands for better working conditions and more pay. "I wanted to go up there, take my wife in my arms and say 'Jackie, I love you', but it's OK, there's so much to see in Paris," said David, a Florida retiree on holiday in Paris with his new bride. Trying to visit the tower for a second day running, Emily Knowles and Jeanie Weir, both 21-year-old Australian students, could hardly hide their disappointment. "It was our big plan for the day," they said, before deciding to wander along the Champs-Elysees instead. The influential CGT union called the strike after failed last-minute talks on Monday, which lasted for seven hours. Negotiations resumed on Tuesday but some points remained unresolved, union officials said. The tower's management said in a statement that it would re-open on Thursday at 9:00 am (0700 GMT) after talks on Wednesday "resulted in the signature of an agreement to end the strike."