Of these three brochures, two were distributed by the company during the conflict and one was put out by the CCCL afterwards. In "La greve d'Asbestos" (the Asbestos Strike, at right), which appeared on May 11, 1949, Johns-Manville gave its version of the Asbestos strike and summarized its position. In its other brochure, "Les faits et les chiffres" (facts and figures), the company outlined the uses of asbestos in everyday life and described the miners' excellent working conditions (health service, low-cost housing and so forth). Several months after the conflict, the CCCL, in turn, published "Rene Rocque, prisonnier politique" (Rene Rocque, political prisoner). In this brochure, the Catholic union outlined the history of the strike and gave special emphasis to the case of Rene Rocque who was accused of conspiring to commit violence during the strike and given a prison term. The CCCL considered him a political prisoner for his opposition to the Duplessis regime.
Courtesy: Federation des travailleurs de la mÄtallurgie, des mines et des produits chimiques, Photograph by Pierre Gaudard
