21 demands of MKS

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21 demands of MKS (21 postulatów MKS) were a list of demands issued on 17 August 1980 by the Interfactory Strike Committee (Międzyzakładowy Komitet Strajkowy, MKS). The first demand was the right to create independent trade unions. Other demands called the government to respect the constitutional rights and freedoms, dismantling the privileges for the Party members and taking actions to improve the economic conditions of Polish citizens. The demands eventually led to the Gdańsk Agreement and creation of Solidarity.

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• UNESCO: Poland - Twenty-One Demands, Gdañsk, August 1980. The birth of the SOLIDARITY trades union – a massive social movement.

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding Polish Wikipedia article as of 11 February 2006.