Leveled Readings / The 21 Demands of the Gdańsk Strike Committee (Solidarity, 1980)
The 21 Demands of the Gdańsk Strike Committee (Solidarity, 1980)
Gdańsk Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee, 21 Demands (August 1980)
These are adaptations, not the original. The original wording is always shown first. Each adapted version restates the same passage at about a grade 4, grade 7, or grade 10 reading level without adding or removing ideas. Quote the original in student writing.
Original wording
“Acceptance of free trade unions independent of the Communist Party and of enterprises…”
Adapted · about grade 4
Workers want free unions that are not run by the Communist Party or by their bosses.
Adapted · about grade 7
We demand acceptance of free trade unions that are independent of the Communist Party and of employers.
Adapted · about grade 10
Acceptance of free trade unions independent of the Communist Party and of enterprises.
Used in: Why did communist states collapse?