print email comment close The Solidarity Phenomenon URL: http://www.solidarnosc.gov.pl/ Description: (Note: the main page of this site can be glacially slow to load.) A history of the first trade union in Eastern Europe independent of Communist rule, chronologically organized along a timeline between 1980 and 1981. Each section has photographs, quotes from workers and other people involved, and images of posters. Also available in several other European languages. From the Polish government. Publisher: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland Extra Keywords solidarnosc lech walesa Library of Congress Subject Headings: Labor unions Poland -- History LII Database Information: Record 12925 created by Wendy Hyman on 08/31/2005 Last modification on 02/22/2007 Published: 08/31/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/12925