It’s almost 3 p.m. A silent loudspeaker crackles to life and we begin to hear the hubbub of raised voices, and finally the voice of Wałęsa: „We have reached agreement, we have signatures guaranteeing the fulfilment of our demands. I declare the strike in the Gdańsk Shipyard finished.”

We congratulate and hug one another. I cannot conceal tears.

We proceed towards the third gate, commenting on the developments that took place during the last hours. We approach and squeeze into the crowd that is flowing towards the exit. It turns out that the gate is closed.

„What happened?” - could be heard from various sides. And then we find out that even though the strike in the Shipyard is over, a solidarity strike has just begun. It turns out that shipyard workers were approached by delegates from other, smaller work establishments that stand no chance of having their demands fulfilled.

People were going home with 1500 zlotys more than before. A strange situation - the strike was over, but we were still inside, police can intervene any time because there are so few of us… That was the worst night.