# Growing industrial labor movement (1890)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1890-growing-industrial-labor-movement
Location: France

Strikes and socialist organization expanded in mining and industrial regions. Within the broader Third Republic period, The Third Republic survived war, the Commune, constitutional crises and fierce ideological conflict. It expanded mass schooling and empire, faced the Dreyfus Affair, fought World War I and entered the troubled interwar era. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Sadi Carnot (President of the French Republic). Growing industrial labor movement mattered because collective action and political conflict altered the relationship between society and governing authority. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Growing industrial labor movement mattered because collective action and political conflict altered the relationship between society and governing authority.

Ruler at the time: [Sadi Carnot](https://history-france.com/rulers/sadi-carnot)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Growing industrial labor movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Growing+industrial+labor+movement&go=Go)
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- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)