Syndicalism in France

EDITED BY THE FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STUDIES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 116
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The term syndicalism sounds strange to an English reader. Its equivalent in English would be Unionism. A syndicat is a union of workingmen, on a trade or on an industrial basis, for the defense of economic interests.