Solidarity Gambles That Talks Are Promising Path to Reform

From: The Washington Post | Date: September 18, 1988| Author: Jackson Diehl | Copyright information

The banned Solidarity trade union has chosen to move toward cooperation with the communist leadership of Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, hoping that the momentum of Poland's latest reform process eventually will make political and trade union pluralism inevitable despite official assertions that the union's reinstatement is impossible.

In a dramatic six-hour meeting yesterday that marked a turning point in relations between government and opposition, Solidarity's leadership decided to acce...

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