Paris, Jan. 27.
Liberty to work and liberty for trades unions are both guaranteed under a new labour code approved to-day by the Council of Ministers.
Sponsored by Mr. Camille Chautemps, the Premier, the code is composed of six separate bills and is said to constitute the first, and perhaps the most important, act of the Government's programme to assure social peace.
The bills, among other things, provide that all strikes shall, with the shortest possible delay, be submitted to a secret ballot, and that the malarity vote must be accepted. If the vote favours a strike, the differences between employers and employed must be submitted to arbitration.
If a vote against a strike or if an arbitral decision is not executed, sanctions will be taken against those who may be held responsible for interfering with liberty to work, and especially, for any occupation of factories.
M. Chautemps broadcast this evening an appeal to the "French nation to cease industrial strife and to support the Cabinet's new labour code.—Reuter. able in that primitive stage of navigation. He concluded by paying a tribute to the efficiency of the Navy and the discipline generally observed. He said that the Army wes owed a debt of gratitude for the work that they had done on the border of the Settlement.
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