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Democratic Union of Scientific Workers

political organization, Hungary

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The Democratic Union of Scientific Workers was an independent professional association in Hungary that emerged in the late 1980s. It challenged the communist-controlled National Council of Trade Unions and established connections with international labor movements like Poland's Solidarity and Western organized labor. This organization was part of a broader wave of political reforms and the emergence of new political parties in Hungary as the country transitioned away from communist rule.1

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