WORLD : Solidarity Leads 1-Hour Strike
Tens of thousands of bus drivers, shipbuilders, dockhands and factory workers in Gdansk province stopped work for an hour today to demand higher pay and a halt to Communist Party influence on factory management.
It was Solidarity’s first general strike since it regained legal status in April and was hailed as “exceptionally successful” by veteran organizer Bogdan Borusewicz.
Solidarity estimated that more than 200,000 workers took part, many of them signing up as members in the independent union whose slow growth since its legalization has disappointed activists. “Even those enterprises where Solidarity is weak went on strike,” Borusewicz said.
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