What was 21 point aggrement and who signed it
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Gdansk agreement is a protocol of agreement between Polish government and Gdansk shipyard workers. On 31st August 1980, representatives of the communist government of Poland agree to the 21 demands of striking shipyard workers in the city of Gdansk.
Former electrician Lech Walesa led the striking workers.
The 21 point agreement were:
1. Acceptance of free trade unions independent of the Communist Party and of enterprises.
2. A guarantee of the right to strike and of the security of strikers.
3. Constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech, the press and publication, including freedom for independent publishers, and the availability of the mass media.
4. A return of former rights to:
→ People dismissed from work after the 1970 and 1976 strikes
→ Students expelled from school because of their views
and the release of all political prisoners.
5. Availability to the mass media of information about the formation of the Inter-factory Strike Committee and publication of its demands.
6. The undertaking of actions aimed at bringing the country out of its crisis situation.
7. Compensation of all workers taking part in the strike for the period of the strike, with vacation pay from the Central Council of Trade Unions.
8. An increase in the base pay of each worker as compensation for the recent raise in prices.
9. Guaranteed automatic increases in pay on the basis of increases in prices and the decline in real income.
10. A full supply of food products for the domestic market, with exports limited to surpluses.
11. The abolition of 'commercial' prices and of other sales for hard currency in special shops.
12. The selection of management personnel on the basis of qualifications, not party membership.
13. The introduction of food coupons for meat and meat products.
14. Reduction in the age for retirement for women to 50 and for men to 55, or after 30 years' employment in Poland for women and 35 years for men, regardless of age.
15. Conformity of old-age pensions and annuities with what has actually been paid in.
16. Improvements in the working conditions of the health service to insure full medical care for workers.
17. Assurances of a reasonable number of places in day-care centers and kindergartens for the children of working mothers.
18. Paid maternity leave for three years.
19. A decrease in the waiting period for apartments.
20. An increase in the commuter's allowance to 100 złoty from 40, with a supplemental benefit on separation.
21. A day of rest on Saturday.
Lech Walesa went on to form Solidarity, the first independent labor union to develop in a Soviet bloc nation.