STRIKERS IN FRANCE.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19900, 1 June 1936, Page 7

STRIKERS IN FRANCE.

RID FLAGI DISPLAYID. INTERVENTION BY GOVERNMENT United Press Assn—Elec. Tel. Copyright} LONDON, May 30. i ’ The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that in spite o! the settlement. at the Renault works there were still 30.000 workers “o|3-‘ cupying" factories yesterday in the Paris area. alone, and SO,OOO elsewhere. The gates and windows of these factories are restooned with red flags. ’l‘irins of card. dice and domino playing. some of the strikers are organising pingpong tourhaments. Others‘ are waltzing round the machine shops‘ to the strains or aceordeons. i The employers are insisting that ln‘ the factories evacuated work shall be‘ resumed before negotiations are comm menced. They point out that the new‘ ‘ “stay in" strike movement is a very grave development, infringing the ele-l mentary rules of order and discipline \ Following upon the intervention of the French Government, which de-‘ precates the cessation of work in thei munition and aeroplane factories. the‘ owners will meet the strikers to-mor-row. i The strikers have evacuated many establishments. but it is estimated that there are still H.OOO “staying in." The men in the Licorne motor worksl detained a director until their de-l mands were granted. .