[DOC] [TLE] Poland: Solidarity -- The Trade Union That Changed The World [PAR] Aug 24, 2005 ... He recalled the famous day in an interview with RFE/RL. ... In September 1980, 
the Independent Self-Governing Trade Union Solidarity -- or ... "fraternal solidarity 
and support" with Poland's communist leaders in overcoming ... on sweeping 
political and economic reforms that officially recognized Solidarity. [DOC] [TLE] Solidarity (Polish trade union) - Wikipedia [PAR] Solidarity is a Polish trade union that was founded on 17 September 1980 at the 
Lenin Shipyard under the leadership of Lech Wasa. .... He told us not to be 
afraid. In addition, the priest Jerzy Popieuszko, who regularly gave sermons to 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Lech Walesa | president of Poland | Britannica.com [PAR] Feb 18, 2016 ... The charismatic leader of millions of Polish workers, he went on... ... Popowo, 
near Wocawek, Poland) labour activist who helped form and led (198090) 
communist Poland's first independent trade union, Solidarity. ... Solidarity was 
officially recognized by the Polish government in October, and Wasa... [DOC] [TLE] Solidarity | Polish organization | Britannica.com [PAR] Jan 27, 2016 ... Polish trade union that in the early 1980s became the first independent ... 
Solidarity was founded in September 1980, was forcibly... ... with Poland's United 
Workers' Party (PUWP), after which its leaders dominated the national 
government. ... (Solidarno), which the government was forced to recognize. [DOC] [TLE] Poland  We've Caught God by the Arm. - A Force More Powerful [PAR] Aug 14, 1980 ... Against Walesa's advice, Solidarity calls for a national day of protest, coupled 
with ... September 17, 1980A nationwide independent trade union, Solidarity, is 
established. ... Within three years he was already something of a leader and by 
.... They recognized that twice before, in 1956 and 1970, workers had... [DOC] [TLE] Solidarity Gdansk Poland - Local Life [PAR] Established in September of 1980 at the Gdansk shipyards, Solidarity was an .... 
leadership, more underground structures began to form, including Solidarity ..... 
He greatly supported the Solidarity Movement and deeply loved freedom. ... this 
makes me want to move to poland just to join the solidarity trade union. some day
. [DOC] [TLE] Lech Walesa - Historiasiglo20.org [PAR] In 1967 Walesa moved to Gdansk where he became an electrician at the ... and 
in 1980, along with some of his friends, founded Solidarnosc (Solidarity). ... The 
Gdansk Agreement, signed on 31st August, 1980, gave Polish workers the ... 
Soon afterwards Walesa and other trade union leaders were arrested and 
imprisoned. [DOC] [TLE] How Poland's Solidarity won freedom of association [PAR] Robert A. Senser. How Poland' s Solidarity I g ... In the summer of 1980, a trade 
union strike some 20 .... recognizedfree trade union movement in the ... He was 
willing to ap- prove the ... European labor leaders thought it wise to face reality. [DOC] [TLE] Poland  The View East [PAR] During this turbulent decade, Solidarity evolved from a legal trade union into ... In 
1980, a Polish Communist Party (PUWP) announcement about increasing ... 
When the Polish leader, Edward Gierek, turned to Soviet Premier Leonid .... Near 
the beginning of the film, Fallaci asks her advisor 'What is he [Wasa] really like?'
. [DOC] [TLE] A Strange Commemoration1_edc [PAR] Currently, he is co-director of the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe. The 
August 1980 strikes of Polish workers that led to the signing of the Gdansk ... Out 
of the Gdansk Agreements, the free trade union Solidarity emerged with ten 
million ... Solidarity's legendary leader Lech Walesa was joined by flocks of 
politicians,... [DOC] [TLE] Polish government signs accord with Gdansk shipyard workers ... [PAR] On this day in 1980, representatives of the communist government of Poland ... In 
the wake of the Gdansk strike, leaders of the Interfactory Strike Committee voted 
to create a single national trade union known as Solidarnosc (Solidarity), which 
.... recognized from a photograph shown both on television and in newspapers. [DOC] [TLE]

Question: In 1980 he was recognized as the leader of the Polish trade union Solidarity
Answer: Lech Walesa