Tadeusz Likhota ( Polish: Tadeusz Lichota ; May 28, 1938, Volkovysk ) - Polish worker, dissident of the time of the NDP . A participant in labor protests in Szczecin 1970/1971 . Activist of the Solidarity movement, member of the Polish Socialist Labor Party . One of the organizers of the resistance strike at the Szczecin Varsky shipyard on December 13, 1981 . Arrested and convicted during martial law . After his release under an amnesty, he emigrated to Sweden .
| Tadeusz Likhota | |
|---|---|
| polish Tadeusz lichota | |
| Date of Birth | May 28, 1938 (81 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Volkovysk |
| Occupation | turner, metallurgy, shipbuilder; participant in labor protests , Solidarity activist, underground |
Content
- 1 Worker Protest Activist
- 2 In Solidarity. Resistance, arrest, imprisonment
- 3 Liberation and emigration
- 4 notes
Worker Protest Activist
Born in a village located in present-day Belarus . He graduated from a technical school. He started working at the age of 18 - as a turner in Szczecin . In 1957 - 1961 - metallurgist in Krosno . Then he returned to Szczecin and until 1974 with a short break he worked at the Varsky shipyard. (A short period in 1967-1968 was a car mechanic in a private garage.)
Tadeusz Likhota was sharply opposed to the communist regime of Poland . In December 1970, he took an active part in mass worker protests in Szczecin. In January 1971, he joined the strike movement led by Edmund Baluka . It was under the supervision of state security . Shortly after the forced emigration of Baluki, in 1974 Likhota was forced to resign from the shipyard. He worked in the service sector, he returned to the shipyard only in 1980.
In "Solidarity." Resistance, Arrest, Imprisonment
In August 1980, Tadeusz Likhota actively joined the strike movement. He was one of the leaders of Solidarity in Szczecin, a companion of Marian Jurchik . Participated in the I congress of Solidarity [1] . The trade union organization of the Varsky shipyard took radical positions in the confrontation with the PUWP , opposed compromises with the government of the NDP, and demanded that all power be transferred to the Public Council of the National Economy [2] , the representative body of labor collectives.
Along with the trade union movement, Likhota was one of the leading activists of the illegal Polish Socialist Labor Party ( PSPP ), whose leader was Edmund Baluka [3] .
In the early days of martial law , December 13-15, 1981 , Tadeusz Likhota was among the organizers of the strike at the Varsky shipyard. The suppression was carried out by armed force using armored vehicles [4] . Likhota was arrested and brought before an accelerated trial. He was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison. It was considered by the state security and military justice as one of the leaders of the anti-state PSPP [5] .
Liberation and Emigration
In 1984, Tadeusz Likhota was released under an amnesty. Collaborated with the underground, distributed illegal editions of KOS , Tygodnik Mazowsze , Grot . Repeatedly delayed by the police and state security.
In 1985, Likhota emigrated to Sweden . He worked as a turner. Unlike Edmund Baluki, after 1989 he did not return to Poland for permanent residence. Since 2003 Tadeusz Likhota retired.
Notes
- ↑ Encyklopedia Solidarności / Tadeusz Lichota
- ↑ Trubnikov V.P. Crash of "Polonius operation". M. 1983.
- ↑ Encyklopedia Solidarności / Polska Socjalistyczna Partia Pracy
- ↑ Solidarity at the age of Christ. Scramble
- ↑ Działalność nielegalnej organizacji pod nazwą Polska Socjalistyczna Partia Pracy