CHAPTER VII THE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF LABOR SINCE 1902

Constitution of General Confederation of Labor adopted in 1902--Activity of General Confederation--Movement to suppress employment bureaus--Congress of Bourges in 1904--Triumph of revolutionary syndicalism--Movement for eight-hour day from 1904 to 1906--Agitation in France--Fear of "social revolution"--Government arrests leaders--Results of strike movement--Congress of Amiens in 1906--Struggle between revolutionaries and reformists--Adoption of resolution "the charter of syndicalism"--Revolutionary activity of Confederation after Congress of Amiens Demonstration of Villeneuve St. George in 1908--Collision with troops; killed and wounded; arrest of syndicalist leaders--Congress of Marseilles in 1908--Congress of Toulouse in 1910--Congress of Havre in 1912--Growth of General Confederation of Labor--The demonstrations of the General Confederation against war--The "crisis" of revolutionary syndicalism--Relations of General Confederation with International Secretariat of Labor 162