Word: strikes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...alternative political party in opposition to the Communists. Witnesses were shocked at how dramatically Sakharov had aged lately, as he made his faltering way to the podium around 6 p.m. Still, there was nothing irresolute about his short impassioned speech. He defended his earlier, controversial call for a nationwide strike to end the Communists' institutionalized monopoly of Soviet political life. "We cannot take responsibility for what the party is doing," he declared. "It's leading the country into a crisis by dragging its feet on perestroika...
...Communist Party Central Committee approved a similar proposal that should easily pass the legislature next month. In Armenia angry crowds surrounded parliament after legislators rejected a multiparty system. This week Andrei Sakharov and other members of the Congress of People's Deputies are calling for a two-hour strike to force the Congress to debate the repeal or modification of Article 6 of the constitution, which enshrines the Communist Party's dominance in the national government...
...They have a much more wide open style of play than American teams have. Their skating ability is great," Cleary said. "They move and weave over the ice as well as some NHL teams do and then they seem to strike when you least expect it. We're going to have to work hard to keep them away from the puck...
Yesterday's brief demonstrations in Czechoslovakia took the place of a general strike that was called off Sunday by opposition leaders after their stunning success in overturning Communist domination of the government...
...Francis Doris (D-Revere) said he would try to strike out a provision requiring all state employees to pick up at least 9 percent of their health insurance costs...