The government took several steps to obstruct Solidarity's emergence, enforcing press censorship and cutting off telephone connections between the coast and the hinterland, but despite these efforts four out of every five Polish workers were members of the union by late 1980.
The government took several steps to obstruct Solidarity's emergence. The government was enforcing press censorship. The government was cutting off telephone connections between the coast. The government was cutting off telephone connections between the hinterland. Four out of every five Polish workers were members of the union by late 1980. This was despite these efforts.