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Solidarity, a Polish trade union, was founded as the first independent labor union in an Eastern Bloc country.Solidarity, full name Independent Self-Governing Trade Union "Solidarity", is a Polish trade union founded in August 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland. Subsequently, it was the first independent trade union in a Warsaw Pact country to be recognised by the state.1980Wikipedia