Association of Trade Unions
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The Association of Trade Unions (Polish: Zrzeszenie Związków Zawodowych, ZZZ) was a nominal national trade union federation in Poland, led by the Central Trade Union Council (Polish: Centralna Rada Związków Zawodowych, CRZZ).
The federation was founded in 1945. It claimed 4,000,000 members by 1956,[1] and 12,000,000 in 1980.[2] It was closely linked with the Polish United Workers' Party, although temporarily achieved some autonomy in 1956 during the short period of liberalisation.[3]
In 1980, Solidarity was established as an independent trade union. It proved highly popular; the ZZZ lost most of its membership, and was dissolved in December.[2] Its assets were later passed to the new All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions.[4]
