sentences:  There was a strict news blackout on such events, but it seems these were peacefully and easily defused given the non-political nature of the demands (poor factory and dormitory conditions) and their timely resolution.The Jiu Valley strike, along with the Goma episode, taught dissidents that any public deviation from the regime would not be tolerated.Gheorghe Maniliuc was imprisoned for three and a half years, and after his release died in 1987 of heart trouble.