Solidarity with Solidarity: Western European Trade Unions and the Polish Crisis, 1980-1982

Book Overview

The Polish crisis in the early 1980s provoked a great deal of reaction in the West. Not only governments, but social movements were also touched by the establishment of the Independent Trade Union Solidarnosc in the summer of 1980, the proclamation of martial law in December 1981, and Solidarnosc's underground activity in the subsequent years. In many countries, campaigns were set up in order to spread information, raise funds, and provide the Polish...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739150707
• ISBN13: 9780739150702
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"