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Walesa was an electrician at the Lenin Shipyard in the city of Gdansk in
Poland. He became famous for his struggle against the ruling communist
government. He was dismissed from service in 1976 for demanding
higher pay. Later he joined strike of Lenin Shipyard.
Very soon, Walesa emerged as the leader of the striking workers.
Initially, the strike was started with a demand to take back a crane operators,
a woman worker who was unjustly dismissed.
Later the strike began to spread across the whole city.
Now the workers wanted right to form independent trade
unions, release of political prisoners and end to censorship on press. Later,
Walesa organised the 'Solidarity' the first independent trade union in Poland.
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