Lech WalesaAugust 1980
16,000 strike for political freedom & lower food prices
Poland · Politics / Solidarity. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
16,000 strike for political freedom & lower food prices
Led by electrician Lech Walesa, the workers take control of the shipyard and demand labor reform and greater civil rights including the freedom of expression and religion, and the release of political prisoners
Solidarnosc, the independent trade union that emerged from the Lenin Shipyard strike, becomes a labor movement representing workers led by chairman Walesa
The Communist Government authorizes the increase in food prices for the summer of 1980, a revival of labor disturbances erupts throughout Poland, workers in the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk go on strike
Solidarity holds a 4 hour national strike
Solidarity strikes lead to negotiation with the Government
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