“…Although quickly suppressed by Soviet forces, the uprising led to changes in party leadership and conciliatory measures that would influence labor politics for the next thirty years. In The Workers’ State, Mark Pittaway presents a groundbreaking study of the complexities of the Hungarian working class, its relationship to the Communist Party, and its major political role during the foundational period of socialism (1944–1958). …”

“…Principal contributor(s): International Federation of Free Trade Unions We have a paradox which exists in all Communist-dominated countries, whereby the so-called "trade unions" and the "workers' State" operate against the worker.…”

“…Foreign Trade: Problems and Results Gaspar Speaks on Trade Unions at 12th Party Congress Institutionalizing Subsidized Vacations for Workers State and Kossuth Prizes Awarded An Experiment in Free Enterprise, or the First Striptease in Budapest Cooperation between Foreign Trade Enterprises and Agriculture Improving Special Efforts to Meet Crop Plans and Earn Hard Currency…”