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Start of the Renault Billancourt strike

Workers at the Renault Billancourt factory have occupied the plant, halting production. Union leaders stand on makeshift platforms, rallying the crowd with demands for a 40-hour work week and paid vacations. The atmosphere is charged with defiance and hope as workers prepare for a prolonged strike.

Year 1936
Date 5/28
Location Renault Billancourt Factory, Boulogne Billancourt, France
Layer 2
Visibility PUBLIC
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Key Figures

Union Leader Young Worker Veteran Worker Factory Foreman Strike Banner Holder
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 467 linked moments

G
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O
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E
Enactment of the 40-hour work week law
1936 · same figure
P
Passage of the paid vacation law
1936 · same figure
E
End of the Occupation of the Ruhr
1925 · same figure
R
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558 · same figure
A
Asturias Uprising
1934 · same figure
B
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1936 · same figure
F
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1911 · same figure
M
Matignon Accords
1936 · same figure
Spartacist Uprising
Spartacist Uprising
1919 · same figure
G
German Instrument of Surrender (Reims)
1945 · same era
D
Dieppe Raid
1942 · same era
B
Battle of Saint-Lô
1944 · same era
D-Day Normandy landings
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1944 · same era
S
Signing of the Kellogg-Briand Pact
1928 · same era
F
French Popular Front Wins Legislative Elections
1936 · same era
A
Appointment of Léon Blum as Prime Minister
1936 · same era
E
Enactment of the 40-hour work week law
1936 · same era
P
Passage of the paid vacation law
1936 · same era
R
R101 Crash
1930 · same era
N
Normandy Landings (D-Day)
1944 · same era
C
Capture of Cherbourg
1944 · same era
L
Liberation of Paris
1944 · same era
Fall of Paris
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1940 · same era
Establishment of Vichy France
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1940 · same era
German crossing of the Meuse at Sedan
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1940 · same era
D
D-Day Normandy Landings
1944 · same era
M
Matignon Accords
1936 · same era
F
Formation of the Popular Front government under Léon Blum
1936 · same era
D
D-Day Landings at Juno Beach
1944 · same era
K
Kellogg-Briand Pact
1928 · same era
L
Léon Blum Appointed Prime Minister of France
1936 · same era
E
Enactment of the 40-Hour Work Week Law in France
1936 · same era
É
Évian Conference on Jewish Refugees
1938 · same era
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