The Archive · 1936

FRENCH STRIKERS' MERRY STAY IN THE FACTORIES

Paris, May 30.

Although the "stay-in* strike movement spread to a few more factories around Paris to-day, he situation wag much easier because a number of important factories followed the example of the Renault people and reached a settlement with their workers.

With practically all the large! factories working again, the end of the whole trouble Is now believed to be only a matter of a few days.

'A remarkable feature of the "stay-in' strike, the main idea behind which Is to prevent the employment of "black-leg" Labour, has been the constant discipline and good humour displayed.

The police have not reported ingle untoward incident.

Workers, more than 80,000 of whom were at one time affected, organized concerts and plays under the shadow fof motionless driving wheels, using] huge Instruments as temporary stage

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