Multiple choice

Why did the workers of Lenin Shipyard in the city of Gdansk in Poland go on a strike on 14th August, 1980?

  1. For demanding higher pay

  2. For demanding the rehiring of a woman crane worker

  3. For demanding the rehiring of Lech Walesa

  4. For demanding the right to form independent trade unions

  5. For demanding release of an arrested male crane worker
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. The strike began with a demand to take back a crane operator, a woman worker, who was unjustly dismissed from service.

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