sentences:  The CNT had an outstanding role in the events of the "La Canadiense" general strike, which paralyzed 70% of industry in Catalonia in 1919, the year the CNT reached a membership of 700,000.The Government settled the strike by granting all the striking workers demands that included an eight-hour day, union recognition, and the rehiring of fired workers.In 1922 the International Workingmen's Association (later International Workers' Association) was founded in Berlin; the CNT joined immediately.