He often voiced support for the outlawed Solidarity union, calling it a model for human rights struggles.
He was one of the minority of district leaders that didn't accept the Solidarity union interfering with the current politics.
But his words fell short of an expected proposal that the banned Solidarity union be made legal again.
His old Solidarity union deserted him a long time ago.
At this time he wrote a book on the repression of the Solidarity union in Poland.
A former head of the Solidarity union, he plans to apply for permanent appointment next year.
There has been no attempt to form a Solidarity union, to alter conditions from below, as in Poland.
A wave of strikes to protest price increases led to the establishment of the Solidarity union in 1980.
The selection was limited by the exclusion of anyone linked with opposition circles around the outlawed Solidarity union.
Free elections in Poland brought the once-banned Solidarity union to a share of government power.
