Part one of term paper
Solidarity, an independent labor federation in Poland, did not just pop up overnight and become this great social movement. There were many years of government persecution and economic hardship that gradually evolved into a national movement. In 1970 Poland's government tried to change the economic conditions and began to invest in industrial ...

Part two of term paper
... no results were showing. To the government’s surprise, a movement began in the ship building industry. Even though the government wanted to increase industrial production, the ship building industry was not in the plans for expansion. As a matter of fact the state was planning on eliminating it totally. The workers realized that the government's way of improving Poland's status in the world market was to exploit the workers. On December 14, 1970 the workers finally showed their anger and frust ...