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25: 437: 212:, and had quickly spread to all of France. More than a million workers were on strike. The social movement immediately followed the electoral victory of the Popular Front, in order to reach this position of force. Interior Minister 278:
Furthermore, Blum's government deposed on 5 June five law projects, prepared by the Minister of Labour Jean-Baptiste Lebas, which were easily adopted during the month. These laws granted:
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Tout n'est pas possible mais le mot d'ordre reste Tout pour le front populaire! Tout par le Front populaire!"
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concerning the wages of public servants and the taxes on World War I veterans' pensions.
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and a blanket 7-12 percent wage increase for all workers (it is thus the reverse of
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was such that the employers' confederation quickly accepted the unions' terms. A
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in May 1936, which had led to the creation of a left-wing government headed by
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paid vacations (two weeks - for the first time in France) (voted by the
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in each factory in order to gain some advantages for them, all of the
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publicly announced the following day the success of the negotiations.
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and the French state. They were signed during a massively followed
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organization (including the right to have representatives, named
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of French Labor", these agreements were signed at the
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Confédération générale de la production française
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Marx Dormoy
Jean-Baptiste Lebas
workers' movement
general strike
Le Havre
factory occupations
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Roger Salengro

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