FRENCH STRIKES
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50,000 IDLE IN SPAIN. ' OOVIRNMINT'S STRIKE 111-Ls. HUGE ANNUAL EXPENDITURE. i United Press Assn—Elem Tel. copyright. (Received June‘ 17. 3.15 pm.) ‘ PARIS. June 16. The Senate has begun a debate on M. Blum‘s strike Bills. which are es-‘ timated to entail an expenditure of £18,600 a year. M. Jouhaux, general secretary of the Trades Union Council declares that French labour made up 20 ye‘ars‘ leeway in one night—namely. June 7. The union membership is now 2,600.“ 000. The collective agreement affects‘ 7.000.000 wage—earners. of whom 80 per cent were previously ignorant of union organisation. necessitating ex-i tensive tutelage. i Thirty-two thousand of the 50.000; still Idle in Paris occupy the depart-i ment stores. The inc—price shops.§ the employe‘es‘ insurance companies.l the perfumers and the leather-sowsi houses are expected to resume to-‘ mot-row. The trouble is extending to Brit—tiny. ...—.—
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19914, 17 June 1936, Page 8
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143FRENCH STRIKES Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19914, 17 June 1936, Page 8
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