Collection of the Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union of Individual Craftsmen “Solidarność”
Below you can find the posters of Craftsmen Solidarity, coming from the Collection of the Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union of Individual Craftsmen “Solidarność” in 1980-1981.
The collection consists of 14 archival units, it is not complete, however. It comprises materials significant for the history of the Union, like:
- documents of the Regional Founding Committee of the Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union of Individual Craftsmen “Solidarność” in Gdańsk,
- documents of the Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union of Individual Craftsmen “Solidarność” (including copies of the Trade Union Register, statutes, a draft Electoral Code),
- resolutions of the Extraordinary National Congress of Delegates of the Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union of Individual Craftsmen “Solidarność”,
- resolutions of the Temporary National Audit Committee of the Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union of Individual Craftsmen “Solidarność”,
- documents of the National Liaison Office at the Temporary National Coordination Commission with a temporary headquarters in warsaw.
Several copies of the Union’s bulletins are also contained in this collection:
- „Solidarność”. Information Bulletin of Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union of Craftsmen (Polish: „Solidarność”. Biuletyn Informacyjny Niezależnego Samorządnego Związku Zawodowego Rzemieślników),
- Craftsmen Solidarity. NSZZ & Rz „SRz” Bulletin (Polish: Solidarność Rzemieślnicza. Biuletyn NSZZ I Rz „SRz”),
- Craftsmen Solidarity of the Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union of Craftsmen Organizational Committee (Polish: Solidarność Rzemieślnicza Komitetu Organizacyjnego Niezależnego Samorządnego Związku Zawodowego Indywidualnego Rzemiosła).
Posters of Craftsmen Solidarity
The scans below present a set of three A3 format posters of Cratsmen Solidarity related to three Solidarity regions: Lesser Poland (Polish “Małopolska”), Central-East region in Lublin and Gdańsk region. The two first posters were designed to encourage craftsmen in these regions to join Founding Committees. Both these posters inform not only about the exact addresses of the Committees (with streets, buildings and room numbers) but also about contact phone numbers and working hours. The Gdańsk poster is related to the plenary meeting of the Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union of Individual Craftsmen “Solidarność” in Gdańsk, planned for the 31st of January 1981 in the Ster Club in Gdańsk.
It is worth mentioning that the Archives of the National Commission of NSZZ „Solidarność” have differentiated a separate collection of posters from Poland and abroad (No. 77) accumulated by the archivists of the National Committee. Posters are also to be found in individual archival fonds of NSZZ Solidarity regional and enterprise committees.
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Those interested in our archival materials are kindly invited to make use of our holdings in our Reading Room. They are accessible from Monday to Friday between 9:00 and 15:30. Please let us know in advance about your planned visit either by phone +48 (58) 308-43-92 or at .
/Łukasz Grochowski, The Archives of the Solidarity National Commission,
Iwona Flis, Stanislaw Flis Foundation “Pomerania Archives”/
