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