Answer:
On 14th August 1980, the workers of Lenin
Shipyard in the city of Gdansk went on a strike. The strike began with a demand
to take back a crane operator, a woman worker, who was unjustly dismissed from
service. This strike was illegal, because trade unions independent of the
ruling party were not allowed in Poland. As the strike continued, a former
electrician of shipyard (Lech) joined the strikers. He was dismissed from the service
in 1976 for demanding higher pay. Walesa soon emerged as the leader of the
striking workers. The strike began to spread across the whole city. Now the
workers started raising larger demands. They wanted the right to form independent
trade unions. They also demanded the release of political prisoners and an end
to censorship on press.
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