The 21 Demands of the Interfactory Strike Committee in Gdańsk
Journal: Myśl Polityczna Political Thought
Year: 2021

The discussed source text contains the 21 Demands developed by the leaders of strikers affiliated with the Interfactory Strike Committee as of 1980, with a short commentary. The document was written on the night of 16 August 1980 at the Centre for Worker Protection [Sala BHP] of the Gdańsk Shipyard. The demands, with minor corrections, became the basis for negotiations with the government. The primary demand was for the registration of the „Solidarność” Independent Self-Governing Trade Union [Ni