Gdansk Agreement - 2 Years - Krakow, Poland
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This Commemoration is located on the ground in Krakow's Old Town Square.
Waymark Code: WMQ1Q9
Location: Małopolskie, Poland
Date Posted: 11/30/2015
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The marble plate is embedded in the pavement in Krakow's Old Town Square- not far from the Town Hall Tower.
It's engraving reads:
"NIE ODDAMY
SIERPNIA
SOLIDANISC MALOPOLSKA
W DRUGA ROCZNICE
FOROZUMIEN GDANSKICH
KRAKOW SIERPIEN 1982"
which Google translates as:
"We will not give
AUGUST
SOLIDARITY MALOPOLSKA
In the second anniversary
Gdansk Agreement
KRAKOW AUGUST 1982"
Wikipedia (
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"The Gdansk Agreement (or Gdansk Social Accord(s) or August Agreement(s), Polish: Porozumienia sierpniowe) was an accord reached as a direct result of the strikes that took place in Gdansk, Poland. Workers along the Baltic went on strike in August 1980 in support of the 21 demands of MKS which eventually led to the creation of Solidarity...
Agreement
Due to the popular support of the citizens and other striking groups, the Gdansk workers held out until the government gave in to their demands. The successful strikers formed the Gdansk Agreement on August 31, 1980 as an authentic social contract with the government. This allowed citizens to bring democratic changes within the communist political structure. The main concern of the workers was the establishment of a trade union independent of communist party control and the legal right to strike. In creating these new groups, there would be a clear representation of the workers’ needs.
“These new unions are intended to defend the social and material interests of the workers, and not to play the role of a political party, they will be established on the basis of socialization of the means of production and of the socialist system that exists in Poland today.” Other major concerns were to control commercial prices, the use of foreign money in all internal economic dealings, ensuring the proper supply of resources within the nation and only export the excess. This would ensure that there would be a better chance for prosperity within the nation for all working citizens."