WORLD IN BRIEF : SOVIET UNION : Strikes, Nationalist Protests Spread
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Labor unrest and nationalist protests spread in the Soviet Union. Coal strikes grew in the Arctic, Azerbaijanis joined the country’s growing draft-resistance movement and thousands of Georgian demonstrators refused to leave Tbilisi’s main square. The persistent labor strikes and nationalist rallies follow a tumultuous summer of unrest and show the government’s inability to stem the protests.
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