Free and Solidarity is a Polish labour union that was founded on 17 September 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk under the leadership of Lech Wałęsa. It was the first trade union in a Warsaw Pact country that was not controlled by a communist party. Its membership peaked at 10 million members at its September 1981 Congress, which constituted one third of the total working-age population of Poland.
Political views
Ideologies:
Polish nationalism, Economic nationalism, Political Catholicism, National conservatism, Social conservatism, Euroscepticism
Policies:
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