The demands eventually led to the Gdańsk Agreement and creation of Solidarity.
The successful strikers formed the Gdańsk Agreement on August 31, 1980 as an authentic social contract with the government.
The Gdańsk Agreement is very important to the politics of Poland because the strikes exposed the corruption and negligence within the state's leadership.
Solidarity issues a statement, in which it criticizes slow implementation of the Gdańsk Agreement.
All across the nation, one-hour warning strikes take place in selected enterprises, as a protest against government's slow implementation of the Gdańsk Agreement.
In August 1980 he was instrumental in political negotiations that led to the ground-breaking Gdańsk Agreement between striking workers and the government.
After the Gdańsk Agreement, the Polish government was under increasing pressure from the Soviet Union to take action and strengthen its position.
However, he did not sign Gdańsk Agreement, claiming that the workers, upon advice of their legal experts, agreed for too many concessions to the government.
After the Gdańsk Agreement was signed, a new national union movement "Solidarity" swept Poland.
The Gdańsk Agreement, an aftermath of the August 1980 labor strike, was an important milestone.