✦ History

Gdańsk Agreement

August 31, 1980 · Gdańsk Shipyard

Agreement that ended the Gdańsk shipyard strike and allowed the first independent trade union in the Soviet bloc, Solidarity.

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Key people

Lech Wałęsa Strike leader, Led the strike and signed the agreement

Participants

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