Eugène Pieton

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Eugène Pieton (31 December 1837, Le Neubourg – 18 November 1904, Elbeuf) was a weaver and a Labour Court advisor in Elbeuf who was active in the workers' movement.^[1]^:403

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In 1869 he joined and soon became a leading figure in the Federation of Rouen Workers (French : Fédération ouvriere rouenaise), the local branch of the International Workingmen's Association.^[2] In 1869 he was a delegate to the Basle Congress of the IWA.^[3]

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Following the defeat of the Paris Commune several of the leading figures in the worker movement around Rouen went into exile. However Pieton organised a meeting of weavers in Elbeuf which led to the formation of a corporation of weavers.^[1]^:347

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1 2 Boivin, Marcel (1989). le Mouvement ouvrier dans la région de Rouen, 1851-1876. Rouen: Université de Rouen.|access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Aminzade, Ronald (1993). Ballots and Barricades: Class Formation and Republican Politics in France, 1830-1871. Princeton: Princeton University Press.|access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Mollin, Gabriel (1870). Rapport sur le congrès de Bâle. Paris: A. Le Chevalier. p. 37.|access-date= requires |url= (help)

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[Boivin-1] 1 2 Boivin, Marcel (1989). le Mouvement ouvrier dans la région de Rouen, 1851-1876. Rouen: Université de Rouen.|access-date= requires |url= (help)

[Aminzade-2] Aminzade, Ronald (1993). Ballots and Barricades: Class Formation and Republican Politics in France, 1830-1871. Princeton: Princeton University Press.|access-date= requires |url= (help)

[Mollin-3] Mollin, Gabriel (1870). Rapport sur le congrès de Bâle. Paris: A. Le Chevalier. p. 37.|access-date= requires |url= (help)