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The solidarity Movement (Demands (Acceptance of free trade unions…
The solidarity Movement
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Demands
Acceptance of free trade unions independent of the Communist Party and of enterprises, in accordance with convention No. 87 of the International Labor Organization concerning the right to form free trade unions.
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Compliance with the constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech, the press and publication, including freedom for independent publishers, and the availability of the mass media to representatives of all faiths.
A return of former rights to: 1) People dismissed from work after the 1970 and 1976 strikes. 2) Students expelled because of their views. The release of all political prisoners, among them Edmund Zadrozynski, Jan Kozlowski, and Marek Kozlowski. A halt in repression of the individual because of personal conviction.
Availability to the mass media of information about the formation of the Inter-factory Strike Committee and publication of its demands.
Bringing the country out of its crisis situation by the following means: a) making public complete information about the social-economic situation. b) enabling all social classes to take part in discussion of the reform programme.
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An increase in the pay of each worker by 2,000 złoty a month.
Guaranteed automatic increases in pay on the basis of increases in prices and the decline in real income.
A full supply of food products for the domestic market, with exports limited to surpluses
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The abolition of commercial prices and sales for Western currencies in the so-called internal export companies.
Selection of management personnel on the basis of qualifications, not party membership, and elimination of privileges for the state police, security service, and party apparatus by equalization of family allowances and elimination of special sales, etc.
Reduction in the age for retirement for women to 50 and for men to 55, or (regardless of age) after working for 30 years (for women) or 35 years (for men).
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Assurances of a reasonable number of places in day-care centers and kindergartens for the children of working mothers.
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A day of rest on Saturday. Workers in the brigade system or round-the-clock jobs are to be compensated for the loss of free Saturdays with increased leave or other paid time off.
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All demands were accepted by the government, almost
food prices went up, including the doubling of the price of meat
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