Railway workers end strike
NZPA-Reuter Warsaw Fears by Poland’s authorities that they were headed for a big battle with the country’s restive labour force eased yesterday. Railway men who led a four-day strike which crippled the eastern city of: Lublin returned to work at the week-end after holding out. all day in defiance of the authorities. *»The men were given: monthly rises of between 400 and 600 zloty ($l3 and $2O) . and promised a review of their other claims in accordance with an undertaking by the Communist leadership. Earlier on Saturday, all other strikers in Lublin returned to work after winningisimilar pay rises. Groups of workers throughout Poland have been striking to press claims for higher pay to compensate for increased meat prices. ■ I
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Press, 21 July 1980, Page 6
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