| 31. | The Independent Union of Volkswagen Workers entered talks seeking a 35 percent pay increase.
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| 32. | Those employees, members of the Independent Union of Telephone Workers, are working without a contract.
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| 33. | But efforts by independent union leaders to organize a general strike met a timid response.
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| 34. | Zhelyazko Hristov, leader of the Confederation of Independent Unions, said in front of government headquarters.
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| 35. | Li, 41, wrote a document calling for the establishment of independent unions, the statement said.
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| 36. | But police crush attempts to set up independent unions as threats to the Communist Party.
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| 37. | Independent unions pledged to start strikes today in support of three weeks of political protests.
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| 38. | Awaiting trial on charges of subversion is Mochtar Pakpahan, leader of Indonesia's biggest independent union.
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| 39. | URTU is also a totally independent union and is not affiliated to any political party.
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| 40. | Louis Parise was elected the newly independent union's president.
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