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On This Day: 30 August 1980: Polish Workers Win Trade Union Rights URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/30/newsid_4559000/4559293.stm Description: Overview of the events surrounding this day in 1980 when "[s]triking Polish workers ... won a sweeping victory in a two-month battle with their Communist rulers for the right to independent trade unions and the right to strike." Provides a timeline with links to related events concerning Poland Solidarity and its leader Lech Walesa, and a link to a small collection of memories of the time period. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). LII Topics: History By Place, Labor, Poland, Unions Publisher: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) LII Database Information: Record 24344 created by Jennifer English on 08/22/2007 Last modification on 08/27/2007 Published: 08/29/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24344 |
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