May 1st 1936, of the working demonstrations is held north in the south of Alsace. It is the two days before of the second round of the legislative elections. The strikers stress in particular the claims:

• week 40 hours

• Paid vacations for all

In the ballot boxes, the Popular front triumph in France but it is a failure in Alsace. The single elected official of the Communist party is Alfred Daul, a metal worker of Schiltigheim and candidate in the district of Strasbourg-Countryside. Another characteristic compared to the remainder of France, the movements of Grève S start in Alsace only Tuesday June 9th, after the Accords of Matignon signed the June 8th at 1 o'clock in the morning.

the strikes start in Mulhouse in Haut-Rhin.

The workmen of two companies of the chemical industry of Mulhouse give the kickoff and immediately obtain 12% of wage increase. On Wednesday, June 10, they are the workmen of the textile company Charles Mieg and the SACM (Alsatian Company of Mechanical engineering) of Mulhouse which disconnect. On Thursday, June 11, the other textile companies follow the movement, as well as the building sites of the building and the Mulhousian tramelots. The evening even, the committed negotiations lead with wage increases of 15% and the promise to negotiate the Collective agreements. The trade-union directions call with the suspension of the strikes which, however will continue in the companies whose direction refuses the agreement concluded the evening of June 11th. In the mines of Potash of the area of Wittelsheim, the strike starts Wednesday June 17th with occupation of two wells.

the strikes extend in Colmar and Strasbourg

Sunday June 14th, a trade-union meeting is organized in Colmar, in the presence of the socialist mayor of the city. Tuesday June 16th, the strike starts in the Kiener company and leads to an agreement on June 24th. With Strasbourg, Communist militants express on the Place Kléber on Sunday, June 14 then, as from Monday June 15th, the strikers occupy the factory Olida, the department stores like Magmod, the Paper mill of Robertsau. The strike gains then Erstein, Molsheim (factory Bugatti), Bischwiller, the companies of the valley of the Bruche…

The strikes cease as soon as employers begins to respect the Agreements of Matignon and to negotiate Collective agreements.