Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Beata Szydlo laid flowers in front of the Number 2 gate of the Gdansk shipyard during the 36th anniversary of the signing of the August agreements in Gdansk, Poland. Gate Number 2 of the Gdansk shipyard is the same gate from which Lech Walesa, the legendary leader of the Solidarity movement announced the termination of the strike and the signing of the August Agreements. However, former President Lech Walesa was not in attendance due to the political infighting and accusations that have been directed at him from the current governing party. The
Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Beata Szydlo laid flowers in front of the Number 2 gate of the Gdansk shipyard during the 36th anniversary of the signing of the August agreements in Gdansk, Poland. Gate Number 2 of the Gdansk shipyard is the same gate from which Lech Walesa, the legendary leader of the Solidarity movement announced the termination of the strike and the signing of the August Agreements. However, former President Lech Walesa was not in attendance due to the political infighting and accusations that have been directed at him from the current governing party. The August agreements paved the way for the creation of the of the first independent trade union in the communist bloc known as NSZZ Solidarnosc. NSZZ Solidarnosc was abolished on December 13, 1981 when General Jaruzelski introduced martial law. At the very same gate ten years’ prior communist authorities killed dozens of striking workers during the December 1970 workers revolt. (Photo by Anna Ferensowicz/ Pacific Press)
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