Since its opening in 1882, the Paris Bourse du Travail (Labor Exchange) has remained a nerve center of the labor movement. Once a hotbed of revolutionary syndicalism, and now a meeting place for the main labor federations, history is etched into the walls of the Bourse. It is from the rooms bearing the names of illustrious figures—Eugène Varlin, Fernand Pelloutier, Jean Jaurès, Léon Jouhaux—that historians (Jean Bruhat, Bernard Georges, Jacques Julliard, Jean Maitron, Madeleine Reberioux, Denise Trintant) and the Bourse's general secretary, Jean Braire, have sought to bring to life a century of social history. The general secretaries of the five major labor federations (André Bergeron, Jean Bornard, Edmond Maire, Jacques Pommateau, Georges Seguy) discuss the origins of the Bourses du Travail, but also address the present and the future.
Made in FR
10/10
1982
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Cast
Jean Braire
As Self
Jean Maitron
As Self
Bernard George
As Self
Madeleine Rebérioux
As Self
André Bergeron
As Self
Edmond Maire
As Self
François Mitterrand
As Self (archive footage)
Georges Séguy
As Self
Jean Bruhat
As Self
Jacques Julliard
As Self
Denise Tintant
As Self
Jean Bornard
As Self
Jacques Pommatau
As Self
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