Word: lech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mouth. This time, however, instead of a rousing exhortation to militancy, his message was a somber admonition: to curtail the spread of further strikes across his nation and give the government the necessary breath a while. "It is not good to have Poland terrorized," the strike leader, Lech Walesa, told the crowd. "The people must have food. Poland can only last for a few more days under these conditions." Then, with a more characteristic tone of defiance, he added, "If we don't get results in a few days, then let the strikes spread...
...elections to the party-controlled Central Council of Trade Unions. Instead of the current system, under which the outgoing representatives propose 85% of the candidates, the new vote would be open to an unlimited number of candidates-including the current strike leaders. The workers in Gdansk remained unimpressed. Said Lech Walesa: "We are not politicians. We are not interested in politics. We want our own trade union...
...would have raised a typical shipyard worker's monthly pay to $385, more than twice the national average of $172 for other industries, in fact. But the decision was overturned by the rank-and-file, who refused to "betray the other strikers." In an abrupt about-face, Strike Leader Lech Walesa, a 37-year-old electrician, told shipyard workers: "We must fight alongside them until...
...When I asked Lech to try the position I knew he had the quick hands and feet plus the guts, but I remained apprehensive even until this fall. But after his showing in a scrimmage, I realized he was the man to fill the job," Scalise said recently. "I said all along this team would be as good as its goalie, and Lech hasn't let us down once. He's solid proof that a player can make it if he's willing to invest time and energy...