WORLD : Strikers Hit Bulgarian Regime
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Tens of thousands of workers walked off their jobs today, responding to an appeal by the opposition trade union for a general strike aimed at forcing Socialist Prime Minister Andrei Lukanov to resign.
There were conflicting reports about the extent of the protest. But the walkout called by the Podkrepa labor federation was apparently limited to about 10% of the nation’s work force of 4.5 million.
“The political tension in this country has reached threatening dimensions, and its further escalation is impermissible,†Valentin Stoyanov, spokesman for President Zhelyu Zhelev, said on Bulgarian Radio.
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