SETE replaced a female elevator operator with a man.

France’s SETE operator admitted the arrangement “should not have been accepted.”

SETE runs the historic tower under a public-service delegation contracted by the Paris city government.

A VIP-delegation agreement is due “in the coming weeks after the walkout,” the union says.

How each outlet framed it

drawn from 300+ reports worldwide

Le Monde.fr
BBC leans critical
emphasizes worker humiliation and strike action, documents union demands for gender-equality workplace protections
Hindustan Times
foregrounds French political establishment's reaction, quotes multiple 2027 presidential candidates condemning gender restrictions
Al Jazeera Online leans critical
contextualizes incident within broader Hindu nationalist movement narratives and supremacy debates
Dawn

Sources: Le Monde.fr, BBC, Hindustan Times, Al Jazeera Online, Dawn