Editing Simone Weil (section)

=== Teaching in Le Puy ===
While teaching in [[Le Puy-en-Velay|Le Puy]], she became involved in local political activity, supporting local striking workers underpaid by the City Council. Weil joined protest marches with them and even shared wine with them, facing criticism from local elites and an [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] attack in a local paper.'''{{r|Zaretsky|pp=4&ndash;7}}''' When the school director called Weil in for questioning, students and coworkers rallied behind her and ultimately the city council raised the pay of the workers.{{r|Zaretsky|pp=4&ndash;7}} Weil often held classes outdoors, often refused to share grades with school leadership, and is said to have created a "family atmosphere".{{r|Zaretsky|p=16}} She also traveled weekly to [[Saint-Étienne]] to teach workers [[French literature]], believing literature could be a tool for revolution and give workers ownership over their heritage and revolution.{{r|Zaretsky|p=16}}