SPREAD OF STRIKES

Grey River Argus, 13 June 1936, Page 5

SPREAD OF STRIKES

THROUGH FRANCE Government Bills RUSHED THROUGH CHAMBER. (Aus, & N.Z. Cable Assn., (Received June 12, 10.10 p.mj PAR Is., June 11. When the Chamber of Deputie.s me. the Rightist members beiritii obstructing, in order to prevent <ii.-,i'iis-s'l'n on the new (io\ernment I.Lils, but a show of hands rejected a nio- ( on lo shelve the Bills on 'lhe pi’etex, that the factories are still oi-c.upied be the strikers, :ii.<l that law ami order is not being respected. An uproar, punctuated will cries ■ I “Pigs! Scoumlrebsl ” greeled the Premier, AL Blum’s introdiu'tion of the measures. Another wild demonstration was precpita'led by his declaration .hat he wool.l not order the police or the riob’le guards to enter the occupied factories. A measure exempting ex-set v<-e--men’s pensions from taxation. was passed without a division. A Paid Holidays Bill, gran.t’ng fifteen days’ leaxe after one veai’s service, wris passed by 563 votes to ore. After a moimtonous debate. the Chamber eventually passed a Rest<’rai:en of Cuts Bill, which, i iieiden. ally, precludes ‘the civil servants from takany jobs outside of State emp oyment. The Chamber adopted lhe Collective (V nt rnc.s I! by 528 vot"s to seven. The Chamber then adjourned at 8 p.m. I't. rtv.ll debate the Forty-Hour We "k Bill at 9.30 a.m. to-morrow (June 12). MORE STRIKING THAN RESUMING. PARIS, June JI. The ytrike movement is spreading to Alarseilles. which is without taxis and newspapers Thousands of Parisians went breakfas less owing to a strike of waiters and butchers. Rouen is paralysed owing to the occupation of the port 1-y striking dock-

Workmen engaged in Ihe construeFori of ihe eastern for.ffica.tions have downed tools The strikes have extended to first class Parisian restaurants am! hole's. Factories are idle a.: Bordmux. where shipyard workers tool: possession of the liner Cap Padaran. A boatbuilder at Alarse'lles, angered a! his striking staff, fired nt them, and wac arrested after wounding one.

The continuance of ihe strike in rios't unexpected quarters suggests that many workers feel they most take advantage of the srtii'a.ion before it is too late.

Thousands of worker.'. non-un'on-is.'s-, are without any eleai; p'an of

The good impression created bv Sunday ’s' settlement is sbuvly evaporating. The numbers of new strikers are exceeding the numbers of those resuming. Thousands marched cheering down tli t > boulevards, waving red flags. Others cheered in taxis, shouting defiant slogans.

The Trades Union Council’s authority i s not as strong as the leaders supposed. ,:i.s lhe workers are ignoring its fi'i'crces, and instead of returning on b'oc- and consolidating the advantages won, are taking up collections, exhausting middle-class sympathy by u guerilla wat, in order to squeeze the utmost from individual ein plovers.

The franc continues to sag, but the exchange market is inert.

STAY-IN STRIKE AT ALGIERS

ALGIERS, June IL Seven 'hundred sugar factory hands struck, and occupied the premises.