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Soviet coal miners end 2-month strike
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MOSCOW -- Coal miners returned to work in all but a handful of
Soviet mines yesterday, ending a two-month strike that won few
political or economic concessions except a promise of new elections.
"People were tired of struggling," Boris Vasilenko, spokesman for
the Independent Miners' Union, said. "We were unable to achieve
anything real. . . . We were badly prepared and had no resources."
The strike cost the hard-pressed Soviet economy billions of
dollars, yet the miners failed ...
