Bedarbių organizuotumas ir veikla Lietuvoje XX a. 3–4-ajame dešimtmetyje
Self-Organization and Activities of the Unemployed in Lithuania in the 1920s–1930s

Summary/Abstract: Compared to other industial countries, self-organization of the unemployed in Lithuania was exlucive due to the country’s economic and social policy development and the distribution of its labour market. However, such self-organization and working-class modernization were determined by international tendencies, governmental policy, democratic movement and sedition, social movement, trade unions and, of course, personal initiative of the unemployed. The most common signs of such self-organization were strikes while doing public works and rallies at city municipalities. The largest unrest was recorded in Kaunas. As a rule, the protesters used to demand better economic conditions.

• Details
• Contents