The strikers were calling for rights for workers to strike and the ability to form independent trade unions. Their list of demands was written on two wooden boards which were called, "the 21 postulates." This list included demands for freedom of speech, release of political prisoners, the end of censorship, and religious freedom...
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In this way, Walesa moved his fellow workers away from mere wage claims and toward a more daring political demand: free trade unions. When the government finally agreed to the workers' right to organize freely and independently, 10 million workers and farmers, ? of the population of Poland, joined this national federation of unions called SOLIDARNOSC (Solidarity)...
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