FRENCH STRIKE BILLS
Huge Expenditure Entailed (Received 17, 1.30 p.m.) PARIS, Juno 16. The Senate bus begun the debate on ,M. Blum’s strike Bills, which are est inatei.l to entail an expenditure of €1 x,(ioo,(mo a year. M. Joulmus, general secretary of he Trades I nion Council, declares tiint French labour made up 20 years’ lee way in one night. The union membership was now 2,600,000. T'bo collective agreement affects seven million wage-earners, of whom SO per emit, were previously ignorant of union organisation, necessitating extensive tutelage. Thirty-two thousand of lilty thou? and still idle in Paris occupy depart inent stores and one-price shops. Em ployees of insurance companies, perfumers, and leather goods houses are expected to resume to-morrow. 'l'he trouble is extending to B.J tany.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 156, 17 June 1936, Page 7
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126FRENCH STRIKE BILLS Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 156, 17 June 1936, Page 7
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