THE FRENCH CIVIL SERVICE
SERIOUS TROUBLE THREATENED
GENERAL STRIKE PROBABLE
United Press Association— Copyright (Received April 5, 10.55 p.m.)
PARIS, April -5. ' A proposal by.tlie Premier (M. Cleineneeau) to legalise Civil Servants’ Associations, but. denying the right to strike, led to a great protest meeting in Paris. Many postal and other State servants are fraternising with the revolutionary Confederation of Labor. Many -subversive speeches were delivered, and a secret mixed committee. of twelve, representing civil servants and ordinary trade unionists was formed to organise a general strike, with the view of.compelling Parliament to yield to the ex- ■ treme demands of the civil servants.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2469, 6 April 1909, Page 5
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103THE FRENCH CIVIL SERVICE Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2469, 6 April 1909, Page 5
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