Syndicalism in France

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter vii The General Confederation Of Labor Since 1902 Before taking up the history of the Confederation since 1902, a general outline of the constitution adopted at Montpellier must be given. These statutes have since been maintained with but few insignificant changes. According to these statutes, the General Confederation of Labor consists of National Federations of industries and trades,1 of National Syndicats, of isolated single syndicats (in that case only if there is no national or regional federation of the trade, or if the federation does not adhere to the Confederation), and of Bourses du Travail, considered as local, departmental or regional central unions. Every syndicat adhering to the Confederation must fulfil the condition of so-called \"double adherence \"; that is, it must belong to its national (or regional) federation of industry or trade, and to the Bourse du Travail of its locality. Besides, every federation must have at least one sub******ion to the Voix du Peuple, which is the official organ of the Confederation. These conditions, however, were, and still are disregarded by a considerable number of syndicats.2 The General Confederation is represented by the Confederal Committee which is formed by delegates of the adhering organizations. Each organization is represented by 1 In 1906 the statutes were so modified as to admit no new trade federations. E. Pouget, Le Con'\u00e9d\u00e9ration gmrale du Travail (Paris, 1008), p. 16. 385 '55 one delegate in the Confederal Committee. This point should be noticed as it is the cause of struggle within the Confederation. It means that a large Federation has only one delegate and one vote in the Confederal Committee, just as another smaller Federation, or as a single Bourse du...