Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee

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The Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee was the coordinating body that united striking workers from multiple enterprises in Poland, playing a key role in the emergence of the Solidarity movement in 1980.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf strike committee
workers' organization
alternativeName Międzyzakładowy Komitet Strajkowy
associatedWith Gdańsk Shipyard
Independent Self-governing Trade Union "Solidarity"
linked to: Solidarność

Lech Wałęsa
country Poland
dissolved early 1980s
followedBy National Coordinating Commission of Solidarity
historicalSignificance catalyst for legal recognition of independent trade unions in Poland
symbol of worker self-organization in late communist Poland
ideology trade unionism
workers' self-management
inception August 1980
industry labor movement
keyOutcome negotiation of the August 1980 agreements with the government
languageOfName Polish
location Gdańsk
movement Solidarity movement
opposedTo Polish communist government
partOf Polish opposition to communist rule
precededBy local strike committees in individual enterprises
purpose coordination of inter-enterprise strikes
representation of striking workers in negotiations with authorities
reasonForDissolution transformation into structures of the Solidarity trade union
role coordinating body for striking workers from multiple enterprises
significantEvent Gdańsk shipyard strike of 1980
linked to: Polish 1980 strikes
significantRole played a key role in the emergence of the Solidarity movement in 1980
timePeriod Polish crisis of 1980
linked to: Polish 1980 strikes

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Solidarity hasPart Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee
subject linked to: Solidarity movement
Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee alternativeName Międzyzakładowy Komitet Strajkowy
linked to: Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee
Gdańsk Agreement party Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee
Gdańsk Agreement relatedDocument 21 demands of the Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee
linked to: Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee
Polish 1980 strikes organizedBy inter-factory strike committees
linked to: Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee