Word: units
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...precursor of Solidarity. The organization was the first significant link between the dissident intellectuals like Jacek Kuron and the workers who later founded Solidarity. Inspired by KOR activists, small independent?and illegal?labor unions cautiously began to form in various parts of the country. Lech Walesa joined such a unit and was arrested and briefly jailed scores of times...
...army strong enough? The consensus in Warsaw: not for the long haul. In physical terms, the army and the other security forces are stretched to the limit. Said one Western diplomat, "There is not one unit or piece of equipment in reserve." Most soldiers are on 18-hr, shifts. The army is not being used to suppress strikes or break up demonstrations. A tank may be used to burst through a factory gate or fire a warning shot, but it is the militia (police) who are left to do the dirty work...
...than the inflation rate, probably by about 8%. At the same time, he estimates, givebacks on fringe benefits and time off, combined with productivity increases, will slice 3% from operating expenses. The result: a reduction of about 3% in real labor costs during 1982. After years of ever higher unit-labor costs, that could be a small but important step in the struggle against inflation. -By Alexander L. Taylor III. Reported by David Beckwith/Washington and Paul A. Witteman 'Detroit
...result, the Brigades have been more selective about their targets, aiming at those with the greatest publicity value In September the Brigades' "fall offensive" manifesto warned of a strike against a 'high-ranking NATO-U.S. target." On Sept. 15 a West German terrorist unit near Heidelberg ambushed an automobile carrying General Frederick Kroesen commander of U.S. Army forces in Europe. Kroesen escaped with only minor injuries, but U.S. generals in Europe were advised to safeguard themselves. Little was done. Dozier went on living in his top-floor apartment in downtown Verona-the city of blood feuds...
...ruling is not stayed, tenants who began the process of purchasing their units before August of this year--when new, superceding city regulations further restricting conversion went into effect--will be able to purchase their homes. The 1000-unit figure comes from city councilor and tenant activist David Sullivan, who estimates 40 buildings are affected; others, including landlord attorney William Walsh, estimated yesterday that as few as 100 homes may be involved...