Protest Against Decision To Reduce Pay Paris, Dec, 29.
A general strike of all public ser vices in Paris, including gas, elect city and street cleaning, h been called for to-day as a protest against the decision of the Paris City Council to cut the pay of lower grade employees.
Following the Council's decision, the Union joint committee issued a statement declaring that "this is an intolerable provocation, and responsibility for any incidents lies with those who provoked them," A meeting of the joint committee last night decided to call the strike from to-day and delegates from all the Unions concerned met and unanimously approved the decision to strike until the City Council acceded to the Union's demands, The postal telephone and ware: supply services will not be affected by the strike, but employees on buses and tubes have decided to quit work in sympathy with the municipal
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