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Polish Farmers Win Union Fight For Recognition
A parliamentary committee approved language to allow private farmers in Poland to form an independent union akin to Solidarity. Rural Solidarity claims up to one million members, while police beatings at a protest and sit ins in Bydgoszcz and Inowroclaw amplified labor unrest that sparked fears of a Soviet intervention.
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Warsaw Television
Rural Solidarity
Solidarity
Communist Party
Solidarity Federation
Supreme Court
United Peasants Party
Bydgoszcz
Stanislaw Ciosek
Andrzej Kacala