Look back on the social gains since the advances of the Popular Front, the reduced working hours, through the eyes of Achille BLONDEAU who looks back on this period. An underground miner, resistant and a convinced trade unionist, he recalled that the Popular Front had put an end to the slavery of the workers. They no longer belonged to their boss from 1 January to 31 December.
Testimonies of Jean WROBLEWSKI on the 1936 strikes and the Popular Front. Jean WROBLEWSKI, a miner who began his career as a miner in 1934, talks in particular about the first paid holidays and the evolution of working conditions. The first thing that was announced was the 12 days off, which they considered "phenomenal".
Maurice DUMONT evokes the struggle of the workers in the movement of the Popular Front. The occupation of the factories was done by the entire working class. He emphasizes the fact that one gets things only through struggle.
A trade unionist remembers the departure of the demonstrations on May 1, 1936. He recounts the route of the demonstration and remembers that there were many people. It evokes the union unity of 1935.
Charles ANDRIEU (former trade union secretary of the chemical industries CGT of the Alpes Maritimes) explains that before 1936 we worked all year, and he tells how paid holidays were born, thanks to the action of the unions. They were given 10 working days at the time.