Answer:
After
his dismissal from the service, Lech Walesa became the leader of the striking
workers of Lenin Shipyard in the city of Gdansk in Poland. The workers raised
many demands. Forming an independent union was one of them. The movement became
so popular that the government had to give in. The workers led by Walesa signed
a 21-point agreement with government to end their strike.
The government agreed to recognise workers' right to strike and form an
independent trade union. Solidarity, the first independent Union was formed.
Solidarity entered an agreement with the government for
free elections. In 1989, Solidarity contested all the 100 seats of the Senate
and won 99 of them. Walesa became the President of Poland in 1990.
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