workingclasshistory:

On this day, 28 May 1936, 32,000 workers occupied the Renault plant in Paris. 100,000 more workers soon occupied every major engineering factory around the city. Over the following month a strike wave swept the whole country from the factories to non-unionised shops, involving 2 million workers in 12,000 strikes and occupations. To stop the upheaval employers and the government had to agree wage increases of 7-15%, a 40 hour working week, paid holidays and collective bargaining rights. This is a study of the movement: https://ift.tt/2IRxqQP https://ift.tt/2sifX92