independent trade union movement
Solidarity Poland @ 1980
Industry Historical
The Polish Solidarity movement at its emergence as an independent worker union in the Soviet bloc. It scores high because it created worker power, public dissent, and nonviolent pressure against a one-party state, though later political paths and outside geopolitical uses limit the cleanest rating.
Why this matters: This is a calibration case for worker organization against state and party power.
Letter grade A Good Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
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Evaluation Overview
A - Good
The score turns mainly on Ownership, with the largest penalty coming from Accountability Opacity.
Strengths
- Ownership8/10
- Extraction8/10
- Governance7/10
Penalties
- Accountability Opacity-2
- Identity Capture-1
- Ideological Disavowal-1
Evidence state
- ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
- Linked claims18
- Direct axis claims17
- Coverage16/16
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
?
Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
|
8 / 10 |
The year 1980 captures the movement before it became ordinary post-communist party politics. Linked evidence
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Governance
?
Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
|
7 / 10 |
The year 1980 captures the movement before it became ordinary post-communist party politics. Linked evidence
|
Extraction
?
Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
|
8 / 10 |
The year 1980 captures the movement before it became ordinary post-communist party politics. Linked evidence
|
Labor Sovereignty
?
Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at
7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence
shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling,
retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of
worker voice, or extreme turnover.
|
7 / 7 |
The year 1980 captures the movement before it became ordinary post-communist party politics. Linked evidence
|
Solidarity with the
Unemployed
?
Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
|
6 / 7 |
The year 1980 captures the movement before it became ordinary post-communist party politics. Linked evidence
|
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
?
Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
|
6 / 7 |
The year 1980 captures the movement before it became ordinary post-communist party politics. Linked evidence
|
Market Conduct
?
Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
|
4 / 5 |
The year 1980 captures the movement before it became ordinary post-communist party politics. Linked evidence
|
Product Integrity
?
Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
|
4 / 5 |
The year 1980 captures the movement before it became ordinary post-communist party politics. Linked evidence
|
Scale Integrity
?
Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
|
4 / 5 |
The year 1980 captures the movement before it became ordinary post-communist party politics. Linked evidence
|
Penalties
| Penalty | Applied | Why this penalty |
|---|---|---|
Accountability Opacity
?
Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability
structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.
|
-2 |
The year 1980 captures the movement before it became ordinary post-communist party politics. Linked evidence
|
Identity Capture
?
Customer pressure, employee pressure, and pervasive identity saturation.
Range: -3 to 0.
|
-1 |
The year 1980 captures the movement before it became ordinary post-communist party politics. Linked evidence
|
Ideological Disavowal
?
Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional
necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or
non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.
|
-1 |
The year 1980 captures the movement before it became ordinary post-communist party politics. Linked evidence
|
Bonus Credits
| Bonus | Credit | Why this credit |
|---|---|---|
Openness to Dissent
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Credit for tolerating internal, user, customer, worker, and public
dissent without retaliation, capture, or viewpoint laundering.
|
3 / 3 |
The year 1980 captures the movement before it became ordinary post-communist party politics. Linked evidence
|
Constitutional Spirit
?
Credit for respecting constitutional rights and civil-liberties norms
even where private law does not strictly require it.
|
3 / 3 |
The year 1980 captures the movement before it became ordinary post-communist party politics. Linked evidence
|
Good Deal
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Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low
lock-in, and clear customer surplus.
|
1 / 3 |
The year 1980 captures the movement before it became ordinary post-communist party politics. Linked evidence
|
Anti-Scapegoating Culture
?
Credit for documented non-punitive practices that prevent scapegoating,
mobbing, and isolate-and-expel dynamics. Ordinary civility, peer
support, or anti-bullying branding is not enough; the practice must also
avoid public shaming, punitive pile-ons, and scapegoating of alleged
scapegoaters.
|
1 / 3 |
The year 1980 captures the movement before it became ordinary post-communist party politics. Linked evidence
|
Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
Medium 77/100
18 verified linked claims 17 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 16/16 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 14/20
18 verified linked claims
Source quality 10/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 14/18
17 direct claims across 16 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 10/10
16/16 evidence-bearing components have direct support
Evidence State
Evidence State
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1Solidarity Poland @ 1980: Britannica describes Solidarity as the first independent labour union in a Soviet-bloc country.
- Britannica: SolidarityGeneral web source · 58%
2Solidarity Poland @ 1980: Britannica describes the emergence and scale of Solidarity.
- Britannica: Poland, Communist PolandGeneral web source · 58%
3Solidarity Poland @ 1980 has a year-specific historical finding for ownership based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Solidarity Poland @ 1980 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
4Solidarity Poland @ 1980 has a year-specific historical finding for governance based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Solidarity Poland @ 1980 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
5Solidarity Poland @ 1980 has a year-specific historical finding for extraction based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Solidarity Poland @ 1980 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
6Solidarity Poland @ 1980 has a year-specific historical finding for labor sovereignty based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Solidarity Poland @ 1980 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
7Solidarity Poland @ 1980 has a year-specific historical finding for solidarity unemployed based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Solidarity Poland @ 1980 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
8Solidarity Poland @ 1980 has a year-specific historical finding for loss bearing fidelity based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Solidarity Poland @ 1980 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
9Solidarity Poland @ 1980 has a year-specific historical finding for market conduct based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Solidarity Poland @ 1980 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
10Solidarity Poland @ 1980 has a year-specific historical finding for product integrity based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Solidarity Poland @ 1980 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
11Solidarity Poland @ 1980 has a year-specific historical finding for scale integrity based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Solidarity Poland @ 1980 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
12Solidarity Poland @ 1980 has a year-specific historical finding for openness to dissent based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Solidarity Poland @ 1980 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
13Solidarity Poland @ 1980 has a year-specific historical finding for constitutional spirit based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Solidarity Poland @ 1980 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
14Solidarity Poland @ 1980 has a year-specific historical finding for good deal based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Solidarity Poland @ 1980 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
15Solidarity Poland @ 1980 has a year-specific historical finding for anti scapegoating culture based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Solidarity Poland @ 1980 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
16Solidarity Poland @ 1980 has a year-specific historical finding for disclosure based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Solidarity Poland @ 1980 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
17Solidarity Poland @ 1980 has a year-specific historical finding for identity capture based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Solidarity Poland @ 1980 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
18Solidarity Poland @ 1980 has a year-specific historical finding for ideological disavowal based on the dated profile sources and snapshot evaluation.
- Solidarity Poland @ 1980 historical profile sourceGeneral web source · 58%
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