Warsaw: the worker's scab.Communist Poland Poland, Pol. Polska, officially Republic of Poland, republic (2005 est. pop. 38,635,000), 120,725 sq mi (312,677 sq km), central Europe. It borders on Germany in the west, on the Baltic Sea and the Kaliningrad region of Russia in the north, on Lithuania, has broken its agreement with British coal The British Coal Corporation was a nationalised corporation in the United Kingdom responsible for the extraction of coal. It existed, in various forms, between 1946, with the passing of the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act, and 1997, when it was officially wound up. miners to limit exports of Polish coal to Britain Britain (brĭt`ən), alternate term for Great Britain, comprised of England, Scotland, and Wales. Often used synonymously with the United Kingdom, the name Britain is derived from Britannia, . The British government has been locked in a fierce struggle with the coal miners who have been on strike for seven months without any agreement in sight. Originally the agreement between the Polish authorities and Arthur Scargill Arthur Scargill (born January 11, 1938) led the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from 1981 to 2000. As of 2006, he led the Socialist Labour Party, a political party he founded in 1996. Scargill was born in Worsbrough Dale, just south of Barnsley. , mine union president, had stipulated a limit of 750,000 tons exported to Britain this year. But by the end of August, Poland had already shipped 900,000 tons. |
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