World IN BRIEF : POLAND : Strike Talks Collapse on Eve of Elections
From Times staff and Wire reports
Talks to resolve Poland’s week-old railway strike collapsed, ending prospects for a settlement before today’s local elections. Signs of an accord emerged briefly when workers unblocked several rail lines and strike leaders from the coastal city of Slupsk entered negotiations with the government. But strikers abandoned the talks when the government refused to discuss their pay demands, the official news agency PAP said. Today’s balloting is for 48,000 seats in local government.
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