Coal Strikes Spread In U.S.S.R.; Miners Shun Heads Of Official Unions, Set Up Committees From: The Washington Post | Date: July 21, 1989| Author: David Remnick | Copyright 1989 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Disgusted by their living conditions and emboldened by the historic strikes here in western Siberia, Soviet coal miners in Central Asia, the polar north, southern Russia and throughout the Ukraine walked off their jobs today, demanding immediate action from the central government.

News of the rapid spread of strikes came as workers here in the Kuznetsk Basin of Siberia reached a temporary settlement with Moscow and one day after President Mikhail Gorbachev warned that the strikes wer...

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