Solidarity (Polish trade union) Solidarity (Polish trade union) Solidarity (, pronounced ; full name: Independent Self-governing Labour Union "Solidarity"—"Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy "Solidarność"" ) is a Polish labour union that was founded on 17 September 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard under the leadership of Lech Wałęsa. It was the first trade union in a Warsaw Pact country that was not controlled by a communist party. Its membership peaked at 10 million members at its September 1981 Congress, which constituted one third of the total working-age population of Poland. In the 1980s, Solidarity was a broad anti-bureaucratic social movement, using the methods of civil resistance
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