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The French ruling class is now trying to contain the struggles of the French workers.

Last week saw the army being used all over Paris to scab on the dustmen's strike. The strike is over manning levels and victimisation of militant workers.

In Ugine-Kulmann in Pierre-Benite, shop steward has been accused by management of stealing chemicals produced by the firm. This was a deliberate attack by management against a militant as a manager was saying that he was only one of many to get rid of.

An injunction was served on the picket and the judge limited the number of workers on the picket to ten at any one time and the entrance to the factory must be kept clear at all times to allow the scabs to walk in and out freely.

Police have also been active in moves to break the two week-old national strike by seamen.

The seamen are demanding wage increases, improved manning levels, and an end to the use of non-union foreign labour.

Police have been used to break picket lines in Marseilles in order to allow foreign ships to be unloaded.

And there i the Navy bein to ship scab Corsica, which ticularly hard dispute.

Post Office levels and wages at the PTT (Post Office) are over for the time being but prospects of further actions are very much present.

tions are also being planned by education workers with the support of students and parents associations.

of militancy from the working class the CGT is prepar: even talk of g brought in supplies to has been p 'arhit by 1 the The strikes over manning Strikes and demonstraAgainst this background ing its annual congress and the leadership is under a lot of pressure from the militants who want more democracy and also explanations of tactics used during workers struggles.

They also want to know why the target of three million members has still not been reached. CGT is losing members to billion. other unions, mainly FO and CFDT.

Under these attacks the CGT leadership has refused nominations for the Executive of eight known militants.

The prospects for France look very bleak indeed with inflation going up again and a budget deficit on public The working class will come under increasingly bitter attack from the employers trying to lower working class living standards in an attempt to solve the crisis.

The first section to come under attack has been the Civil Servants who have been awarded a generous 1.5% increase by the government!