Lech Walesa made history for his contribution in the area of social justice. He is most famous for his involvement in the movement of Solidarity, a Polish trade union. Due to his courage and leadership, Solidarity became the first independent labor union belonging to the U.S.S.R. in the early 1980s. His personal beliefs in freedom and humanity, which were rooted in his Catholic faith, sustained him and gave inspiration to others.
Walesa was born to a family of peasant farmers on September 29, 1943 in Popowo, Poland. He received a primary education and training as an electrician in a local agricultural machinery college. After graduating from vocational school he served in the military for two years. In 1967 Walesa was employed as an electrician in a huge Lenin shipyard in Gdansk, on the Baltic coast. He married Danuta Golos, in 1969, and they had eight children together. As a devout Catholic, he was very shocked by the repression of the shipyard workers when they protested for......
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