Solidarity Movement Begins
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Date
August 31, 1980
Type
National
Author
smithsheep
Location
Gdańsk,
Pomerania,
Poland
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Political & Governance
Social & Civil Rights
Event Details
Solidarity Movement Begins (1980-08-31)
The signing of the Gdańsk Agreement allowed for the creation of Solidarity, the first independent trade union in a Warsaw Pact country. It became a broad anti-bureaucratic social movement that contributed to the fall of communism.
- Location: Gdańsk, Poland
- Context: National level event.
Categories: Social & Civil Rights, Political & Governance