1 août 1980 - Poland, Lech Walesa & Solidarity
Description:
While working at the Lenin Shipyard (now Gdańsk Shipyard), Wałęsa, an electrician, became a trade-union activist, for which he was persecuted by the Communist authorities, placed under surveillance, fired in 1976, and arrested several times. In August 1980 he was instrumental in political negotiations that led to the ground-breaking Gdańsk Agreement between striking workers and the government. He co-founded the Solidarity trade-union movement.Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
1 août 1980
Maintenaint
~ Il y a 45 ans