Solidarity in Poland Solidarity, an independent labor federation in Poland, did not just pop up overnight and become this great social movement. There were many years of government persecution and economic hardship that gradually evolved into a national movement. In 1970 Poland's government tried to change the economic conditions and began to invest in industrial production. This produced many jobs and was supposed to increase the standard of living and reduce production shortages in Poland. Politically the government was also compromising and did not force its socialist ideas on society as it had in the past. All these promises of a better future for the polish people wer