FRENCH CONFEDERATION OF LABOUR

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 96, 17 January 1921, Page 5

FRENCH CONFEDERATION OF LABOUR

COURT ORDERS ITS DISSOLUTION.

’ Paris, January 13. the Court fined the leaders of the General Conference of Labour, on the ground that it is an illegal organisation, and ordered its dissolution. The proceedings were the outcome of the railway strike in March, 1920.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

IMPORTANT CONSEQUENCES PREDICTED. (Rec. January 15, 5.5 p.m.) Paris, January 14. The judgment dissolving the General Confederation of Labour is likely to have important consequences, as the committee has published its intention of acting Outside the law. The judgment says that no National Government could permit the existence of another which, under the pretence of trades unionism, was established by a minority of agitators. It contrasts the war services of the confederation with the new revolutionary policy based on a network of alliances with powerful foreign trades unions which have espoused internationalism. The Government was bound to support the demonstrated resistance of the working classes against the policy of the confederation and to Assist the stimulation of labour activities within legal limits. A member of the Executive Council of the Confederation declared that the organisation would continue its operations, especially as 4500 affiliated unions continue to exist.—Reuter.