May–June 1936 general strikes in France

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The May–June 1936 general strikes in France were a massive wave of worker mobilizations that led to major social and labor reforms, including paid vacations and collective bargaining rights, under the newly elected Popular Front government.

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May–June 1936 general strikes in France canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf general strike ⓘ
labor movement ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
aim establishment of collective bargaining ⓘ
improvement of working conditions ⓘ
obtaining paid vacations ⓘ
securing higher wages ⓘ
characteristic coordination by trade unions ⓘ
factory occupations rather than street clashes ⓘ
mass participation ⓘ
country France ⓘ
endTime 1936-06 ⓘ
followedBy Matignon Agreements ⓘ
hasCause demand for better wages and working conditions ⓘ
economic hardship during the Great Depression ⓘ
rise of the Popular Front in France ⓘ
worker mobilization ⓘ
hasEffect Matignon Agreements ⓘ
consolidation of the Popular Front government ⓘ
expansion of social rights in France ⓘ
growth of union membership in France ⓘ
introduction of paid annual vacations in France ⓘ
legal recognition of collective bargaining rights in France ⓘ
reduction of working hours in France ⓘ
strengthening of French trade unions ⓘ
wage increases for French workers ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
location French industrial regions ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
factories in France ⓘ
workplaces across France ⓘ
opposedBy French employers ⓘ
conservative political forces in France ⓘ
participant Confédération générale du travail ⓘ
French Communist Party ⓘ
French Section of the Workers' International ⓘ
French industrial workers ⓘ
French trade unions ⓘ
Popular Front supporters ⓘ
partOf French labor history ⓘ
history of the Popular Front in France ⓘ
relatedTo Great Depression in France ⓘ
linked to: Great Depression

rise of fascism in Europe ⓘ
significantEvent factory occupations ⓘ
sit-down strikes ⓘ
startTime 1936-05 ⓘ
underGovernment Popular Front government ⓘ
linked to: Popular Front
underPrimeMinister Léon Blum ⓘ

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Popular Front (France) → significantStrikeWave → May–June 1936 general strikes in France ⓘ