Solidarity, full name Independent Self-Governing Trade Union "Solidarity", is a Polish trade union founded in August 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland. Subsequently, it was the first indepe
Strike committee at the Lenin Shipyard, August 1980. On stage are Bogdan Lis (left) and Lech Wałęsa (right).
Meeting between Wałęsa and U.S. President George H. W. Bush, 1989
30th anniversary mural depicting the murdered priest Jerzy Popiełuszko who publicly supported Solidarity during the 1980s
The logo of Solidarność painted on an overturned Soviet era T-55 in Prague in 1990
August Agreements
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The August Agreements was a set of four accords reached between the government of the Polish People's Republic and the striking shipyard workers in Poland following the 1980 Polish strikes. The accord
Gdańsk Shipyard's gate during the strike of 1980; Lech Wałęsa speaks
Lenin Shipyard employees on strike in August 1980
Citizens of Gdańsk gathered outside the gate to the Lenin Shipyard during the strike in August 1980
Government delegates: Mieczysław Jagielski and Tadeusz Fiszbach and Klemens Gniech (Lenin Shipyard manager) arriving for negotiations with MKS, 21 August 1980