Solidarity Leads Striking Polish Workers
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Economics
- Subcategories: Human Rights, Labor, Unions, Work, Employment, Strikes, Boycotts, Lockouts
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Eastern European History
- Geographical Location: Poland
- Date: August, 1980
Article abstract: Following price increases imposed by the government, Polish workers, especially at the shipyards in Gdańsk, went on strike and demanded the right to organize independent unions.
Summary of Event
After World War II, Poland was incorporated into the Eastern Bloc and reorganized politically, socially, and economically on the model of the Soviet Union. The country was ruled by a Communist regime whose party apparatus allowed few human rights. Polish workers, in particular, believed that they did not possess the freedom and opportunities...
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