Lech Walesa is one of the figures who was most ... In the 1980s, Walesa was the leader of Poland's Solidarity movement, the first independent labor union in an Eastern Bloc country.

I had covered Solidarity — Solidarnosc in Polish ... 1980 by the charismatic strike leader Lech Walesa and a senior government representative. Walesa used a jumbo souvenir pen that bore ...

Polish democracy champion and former President Lech Walesa says a victory by Republican ... Walesa, 81, played a historic role as leader of Solidarity, a labor union that advocated for workers ...

The press - and 1980 Thatcher Government - unfairly criticised the trade union movement over its support for the newly formed Polish Solidarity Trade Union ... support - often behind the scenes- for ...