WORLD : Poland Officially Legalizes Solidarity
Parliament today lifted the seven-year ban on the Solidarity trade movement and enacted constitutional changes to give Poland the first freely elected legislative body in the East Bloc.
The Sejm, or Parliament, passed a package of six bills that enact into law a historic agreement on political, economic and trade union reforms reached Wednesday between the Solidarity-led opposition and Communist authorities.
Polish leader Wojciech Jaruzelski, who suppressed the Soviet Bloc’s only independent labor movement when he imposed martial law in December, 1981, looked on as the votes were taken.
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