History of Solidarity History of Solidarity The history of Solidarity (, pronounced ), a Polish non-governmental trade union, began on August 14, 1980, at the Lenin Shipyards (now Gdańsk Shipyards) at its founding by Lech Wałęsa and others. In the early 1980s, it became the first independent labor union in a Soviet-bloc country. Solidarity gave rise to a broad, non-violent, anti-communist social movement that, at its height, claimed some 9.4 million members. It is considered to have contributed greatly to the fall of communism. Poland's communist government attempted to destroy the union by instituting martial law in 1981, followed by several years of
Hungarian Solidarity Movement Hungarian Solidarity Movement The Hungarian Solidarity Movement (SOLIDARITY) (, SZOLIDARITÁS) is an independent political movement in Hungary, which was founded in 2011, against the Cabinet of Orbán. The movement's leader is Péter Kónya. The solidarity founded on 1 October 2011 to 10 individuals, led by Kornel Trench, Tamas Szekely, Peter Sandor Konya and Szekely, who is the Armed Forces and Police Workers Advocacy Association (FRDÉSZ) was previously chairman of the trade union. On 17 December 2012, during a demonstration series was announced to become a national organization. On December 23, 2011 was called to life is the dean (Democratic Opposition