( CNN ) -- What 's Vegas without the lights ? What 's Rio without Ipanema ? What 's Paris without the Eiffel Tower ? For the past two days , visitors to the City of Light have had to contend with that last question , touring the French capital while the city 's most famous landmark has been closed due to a workers strike . To the relief of thousands , normal Tower operations are set to resume on Thursday . After Wednesday negotiations , the Tower 's management announced the reopening with a terse message on its official website . `` The Eiffel Tower will reopen to the public from Thursday June 27th at 9 a.m. Â Thank you for your understanding , '' reads the entirety of the official notice . As reported by the Wall Street Journal , the company that operates the 324-meter ( 1,063 feet ) structure earlier stated that an agreement to end the strike had been reached with workers on Wednesday night . It did n't provide details of the terms . Organized by the General Confederation of Labor union , the strike began on Tuesday morning , with Eiffel Tower employees pressing demands for better working conditions and more pay . The union claims that one of the Tower 's lifts still has n't been renovated , as promised in 2008 , leading to longer lines and impatient visitors . `` We 've been complaining about the handling of maintenance work for several years . It 's had a severe effect on how we cope with visitors and also on our working conditions , '' a union representative told Euronews . On Tuesday and Wednesday , tourists arrived at the Tower only to find it closed . Many had planned to climb to upper viewing platforms . Some would n't leave , wandering around the base of the structure , snapping photographs in front of the girders or `` On Strike '' posters . On Thursday , they should be looking up again . Â .
Eiffel Tower has been closed Thursday due to a workers strike . Tower is scheduled to resume normal operations on for past two days . Union claims that thousands of the Tower 's lifts still has n't been renovated , leading to longer lines and impatient visitors .