| Show Fainting Spells MayBe May MayBe a ae Be e Latest Strike Technique in France ranee Washington A fainting strike as an advance in technique technique tech tech- over sit-down sit strikes may be the explanation of the reported mass o of girl workers in a Lille France sugar refinery where 40 workers fain fainted fed while at wor work one day and another 70 collapsed collapsed collapsed col col- col- col lapsed within a few hours after resuming work The faint strike explanation is the suggestion of a a national authority I Ion on industrial hygiene He refused to be quoted directly but pointed out that a combination of high temperature temperature temperature tem tem- and high humidity labor unrest and a little hysteria might lead to such mass collapses Dissatisfaction Dis Dis- satisfaction with working conditions generally plus uncomfortable working working work work- ing conditions during hot weather might lead the girls to think all their troubles due to something in inthe inthe inthe the plant and they would the i faint on going to work A possible chemical explanation is that during the refining process there might be some fermentation which would Increase the carbon dioxide content of the air and nd reduce its oxygen content This could easily cause fainting The temperature has been reported report report- ed as being hot in Lille A temperature of 80 degrees Fahrenheit Fahrenheit Fahrenheit Fahren Fahren- heit with relative a humidity of per cent is the border line between conditions tolerable and Intolerable for continued work If It the air ir movement movement move move- ment is good this temperature move move-I can be bt borne while working |
