First Strike

Since II Duce organized his country as "the corporative state"* there had not been a single open strike in Italy until last week. Suddenly the weavers of Parabiago and Legnago walked out of their mills, struck against a cut which reduced their wage to twelve lira (62-c-) per day. For its first four days the strike was like any other, then bands of Fascist militia began to converge upon the district. In a sense, II Duce's "corporative state" was on trial. Presumably his blackshirt militia would break the strike.

*Disputes between capital and labor are now supposed to be adjusted in Italy by parleys between groups of delegates elected by workers and employers, respectively, who negotiate with each other under the supervision of the labor courts.

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