Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee

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Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee (or Inter-Factory Strike Committee, Polish: Międzyzakładowy Komitet Strajkowy, MKS) was an action strike committee formed in Gdańsk Shipyard, People's Republic of Poland on 16 August 1980. It was led by Lech Wałęsa and others[1] and is famous for issuing the 21 demands of MKS[2] on 17 August, that eventually led to the Gdańsk Agreement and creation of Solidarity.

  1. ^ Ackerman, Peter; DuVall, Jack (2001-10-05). A Force More Powerful: A Century of Non-Violent Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-24050-9.
  2. ^ Penn, Shana (2005). Solidarity's Secret: The Women who Defeated Communism in Poland. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-11385-9.