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...came in the wake of an agreement that first appeared to defuse the latest cycle of labor turmoil. After a 13-hour negotiating marathon, union and government representatives early last week announced a tentative settlement on two of Solidarity's key demands. The government accepted, in principle, a five-day work week, but would allow only three free Saturdays a month for the rest of the year. Solidarity was also promised access to state television and radio...
...visit to the Vatican last month, Walesa has been preaching moderation in Solidarity's dealings with the government, to the annoyance of radicals among the union's 10,000 members. Solidarity, he urged, must remain united, and must concentrate on such basic economic grievances as the five-day work week and the recognition of an independent farmers' union, Rural Solidarity...
...project at least a façade of moderation. Last week it permitted an unprecedented television debate among three representatives from Solidarity, three from the official unions and three from the Ministry of Labor and Wages. For 45 minutes, the panel discussed Solidarity's demands, from the five-day week to access to the national media to the farmers' union. The government presumably hoped to portray Solidarity as leading the country toward economic and social ruin, a point that official television commentators have begun to make regularly. If so, the ploy failed. At one point, to show that...
...latest recurrence of labor turmoil centered on two volatile issues: the workers' insistence on a five-day work week and the farmers' demand for recognition of their own independent union, Rural Solidarity. But the protests also raised a broader complaint: the government, the unions claimed, has failed to carry out a number of promises contained in the historic agreements signed last summer not only in Gdansk, but also in Szczecin and Jastrzebie. Among them were pledges to increase Solidarity's access to the press, free political prisoners and reduce censorship. As Union Leader Lech Walesa...
Polish authorities, however, later claimed that the catastrophic state of the economy made it impossible to eliminate Saturday work immediately. In an effort to head off a strike threat, Kama's government offered two compromise plans: a gradual move toward a five-day work week by 1985, or a work week consisting of five 8½-hour days. But Solidarity's national leadership, egged on by restive local chapters, rejected the half-loaf and unilaterally declared all Saturdays work-free. According to Solidarity officers, up to 85% of Poland's workers stayed at home...