In 1902 he gave energetic support to the miners of Carmaux who went out on strike in consequence of the dismissal of a socialist workman, Calvignac; and in the next year he was re-elected to the chamber as deputy for Albi.
And yet you couldn't get the dockers in this country, their own country, out on strike.
So the Canadian dockers were then on strike in support of the Liverpool dockers.
Now as our fellow workers were so hasty we were bound to come out on strike.
At Como 15,000 textile workers remained on strike for nearly a month, but there were no disorders.