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Soliarity (Polish: Solidarność (help·info) IPA: [sɔli'darnɔɕt͡ɕ]; full name: Independent Self-governing Trade Union "Solidarity" — Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy "Solidarność" IPA: [ɲeza'lɛʐnɨ samɔ'ʐɔndnɨ 'zvjɔ̃zɛk zavɔ'dɔvɨ sɔli'darnɔɕt͡ɕ]) is a Polish trade union federation founded in September 1980 at the Gdańsk Shipyard, and originally led by Lech Wałęsa.

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  • This trade union outlawed in Poland in 1982 was restored to legal status in 1989
  • In 1981 Poland's premier declared martial law, arrested thousands & suspended this trade union
  • Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski was military dictator of Poland when Lech Walesa headed this organization
  • In 1991 Poland's Democratic Union Party won the most seats in the House & Senate; it was formed from this trade group
  • In 1981 this labor union was outlawed in Poland; 8 years later it was legalized
  • The Democratic Union party evolved from this labor union to win national elections in 1991
  • In November 1980 Poland's Communist Party officially recognized this trade union
  • Politics aside, in 1980 strikes in Gdansk & other Polish cities led to the formation of this labor union
  • In 1989 this organization set up the first post-Communist Polish government in Warsaw
  • Led by a man from Popowo, in 1981 it had 10 million members
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Gdansk, Poland.) This labor union was formed here in Gdansk in 1980 & within months represented most Polish workers
  • In the 1989 elections this party won 99 of 100 seats in Poland's Senat

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