Sardine Workers' Strike
The sardine workers' strike was a series of Strike action, strikes in 1905 and 1924 in Douarnenez and Concarneau in the French province of Brittany initiated by women workers in Fish Canneries Reference, fish canneries to protest against the hardships of their tasks and to demand wage increases. This strike is considered as an important date of Feminism, feminist struggles in France. The song titled ''Penn Sardin'', written by Claude Michel and composed by Jean-Pierre Dovilliers celebrated their revolt. 1905 strike 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 Douarnenez but soon the women workers in the other towns on the coast stopped working. 1,500 women joined the Union of Sardine Women, whose president was Angelina Gonidec. A referendum was organized in which the ...
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