A convention was drawn up on June 17, 1925, in which the principle of supervision, as opposed to that of simple propaganda, was recognized, thanks to…

- Leon Jouhaux

We too, through lack of knowledge and of sufficiently mature reflection, mistook the visible outward appearance of the phenomenon for the phenomenon …

- Leon Jouhaux

This led me to understand that trade unionism, the instrument of working-class liberation and of social change could, and indeed should, be also an i…

- Leon Jouhaux

True enough, nature has endowed me with a fair measure of patience and composure, yet I should be lying if I told you that, having seen the reporter …

- Leon Jouhaux

I would not go so far as to say that the French trade unions attached greater importance to the struggle for peace than the others did; but they cert…

- Leon Jouhaux

From 1918 on, trade unionists were to express from the platforms of their congresses the workers' desire for peace through a rational organization of…

- Leon Jouhaux

My parents, and especially my mother, encouraged by the director of the local school which I was attending, wanted in spite of everything to send me …

- Leon Jouhaux

This disaster did not force us to abandon our ideal; on the contrary, from the very first months of the conflict, it led us to define precisely the c…

- Leon Jouhaux

At Leeds the idea of an international labour organization appeared in a trade-union text which also drew attention to the danger to the working class…

- Leon Jouhaux