Allan Sekula. Collective Sisyphus
Untitled (Poland Archive, nr. 46), 1981
STRIKE DAY IN POLAND (JORNADA DE VAGA A POLÒNIA) (Són les vuit, i les portes de les drassanes de Gdansk tanquen quan els treballadors comencen una vaga de quatre hores. A sota, Lech Wales, el líder de Solidaritat, surt de les drassanes entre les salutacions de treballadors al final de les quatre hores d'aturada) [segons s'indica al dors de la fotografia], fotografia en blanc i negre, gener del 1981, 23,9 x 18 cm. Data d'adquisició per Allan Sekula desconeguda. [AM/Keystone 3128/900660].
On the backside of the photograph:
January 1981
STRIKE DAY IN POLAND
Industrial workers throughout Poland, held a four hour stoppage in protest over the governments failure to support the five-day week asked for by the Unions.
Photo shows: It's 8 o'clock and the dock gates at Gdansk close as the workers begin their four hour strike. And below the leader of "Solidarity" Lech Walesa leaves the shipyard and is greeted by women workers at the end of the four hour stoppage.
AM/Keystone 3128/900660.