Appeal for international support for a day of action in April to protest government's unresponsiveness to pay arrearage and unemployment. Moscow July 2nd. An unofficial translation from the Guardian . Declining tax revenues means public sector workers not paid in St. Petersburg. Crisis in secondary education.
Teachers learn that only direct action gets results.
Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin's response. Independent and reformed unions joint call for general protest because of pay arrearages. Independent unions strike in Ukraine, and state repression of similar effort in Kazakhstan. Wildcat called on May Day to protest pay arrearages. Massive labor demonstrations throughout Russia call for return of Soviet system.