Word: walesa
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...Walesa and Jaruzelski defuse one strike, but some burning issues remain...
...tools for five hours at several plants. They were protesting the government's failure to prosecute officials responsible for repression against local workers following the 1976 food price riots. In an apparent effort to head off a spiraling new round of labor upheavals, Jaruzelski invited Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa to meet with him in Warsaw on Saturday...
...agreement with the farmers likely to win favor from the Kremlin's leaders. Though the Rzeszów peasants had apparently been persuaded by Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa to suspend their demands for an independent union, they had also wrested two significant promises from the government. First, Warsaw agreed to increase the proportion of state funds invested in private agriculture, which produces 80% of the country's domestically grown food. Second, independent farmers would be allowed to purchase unused state land, which would increase the amount of privately owned farm land. Both provisions, obviously, flew in the face...
...true union with the right of collective bargaining. By holding out the vague offer of association status, however, the judges hoped to stave off the widespread strikes and protests that had been threatened in the event of an outright rejection. Though there was disappointed grumbling outside the court building, Walesa helped keep tempers cool by calling the verdict "a tie, but one that gives us a great deal." He added: "We must now take time for a respite, for organization and for an end to strikes...
...threatened not to plant crops this spring unless they are granted full union status. They also received an influential new endorsement: Poland's Roman Catholic hierarchy issued a bold statement declaring that the farmers' "right to free assembly as trade unions must be recognized." Once again Walesa's calls for moderation were tending to be undercut within his own ranks and among his own allies...