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Handout
Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Lech Walesa

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Lech Walesa and the independent labor movement in Poland. Describes how labor used strikes to improve their working conditions and qualities of life. Their struggles have been an inspiration to labor movements all...
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Walesa, Lech

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Polish labor leader Lech Walesa. Article is descriptive and well-written. Describes his early life, rise as a labor leader, and his election as the first democratically elected president in Polish history.