Sentences with phrase «solidarity labor movement»

15 December 2008 Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai was as regal as ever on Day 10 of the 12 - day 14th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 14) in Poznan, Poland, when she reminded us that this is the country that spawned the Solidarity labor movement.

Milosz, like other literary Nobelists, may have been selected for a political reason — to express support for the rising Solidarity labor movement and other oppositionists in Poland.

In 1989 the U.S. hosted Lech Walesa, leader of the former Solidarity labor movement and the newly elected president of Poland.

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All You Who Labor By Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski Sophia, 191 pages, $ 16.95 These reflections on work and the sanctification of everyday life by the late primate of Poland (d. 1981) had a significant influence on Lech Walesa and the Solidarity movement that led to the collapse of communism.

AFSA members are active in the labor movement and proudly stand in solidarity with all trade unionists and school administrators.

The Solidarity movement that eventually led to the end of Soviet control grew out of the labor movement, she added.