<p>On this day in Labor History the year was the 1968. That was the day at the workers across Paris joined students in a city-wide general strike.  College students had begun an occupation at the famed Sorbonne University earlier that May. </p>

On this day in Labor History the year was the 1968. That was the day at the workers across Paris joined students in a city-wide general strike. College students had begun an occupation at the famed Sorbonne University earlier that May.

<p>On this day in Labor History the year was the 1968. That was the day at the workers across Paris joined students in a city-wide general strike.&nbsp; College students had begun an occupation at the famed Sorbonne University earlier that May.&nbsp;</p>

May 13 - Parisian Workers Join the General Strike

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May 13 - Parisian Workers Join the General Strike

May 13 - Parisian Workers Join the General Strike