By an even larger margin, 89 to 2 percent, they said Soviet workers have a better guarantee of getting a job.

For why should Soviet workers rise to the promise of better pay if spending it is such a cruel frustration?

Baghdad has insisted that Soviet workers are free to return home once they have completed their contracts.

Further, Soviet workers have little or no incentive to work.

This is $800 at the official exchange rate, or about two months' salary for an average Soviet worker.

Worse, there is precious little for Soviet workers to spend their rubles on.

He, like many a Soviet worker, will also be striving to fulfill the plan.

It prepared Soviet workers to enter institutions of higher education.

Further, they argued, the money could be better spent on needs more pressing for the average Soviet worker.

But most Soviet workers are reluctant to take the plunge.