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The gendarmes repressed the strikers and called in strikebreakers, and the mayor, Daniel Le
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Despite a law passed in 1919, women workers worked 10 hours a day, had no bonus for overtime and worked nights, which was supposedly illegal. In the winter of 1924, 2,100 people, including 600 women, demonstrated against their wage of 80 cents an hour and the fact that they had to go to the factory
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There was a conflict between the fish cannery owners and the workers, who were almost exclusively women (the men were more often sailors). They could work up to 18 hours a day and were paid by the piece. They demanded to be paid by the hour. The strike began in
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