RUSSIAN UNIONS PLAN STRIKES, POLITICAL ACTION FOR FALL.

TheFederation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FITUR) willorganize strikes and will participate in the December parliamentaryelections as a block in order to force the Russian governmentand Russian enterprises to pay their workers the wages they havealready earned, but not collected, Russian radio reported July20.

Relocation Effort from Russia’s North Falls Victim to BudgetShortfalls.