▁Sol id ar ity ▁from ▁gain ing ▁more ▁support ▁and ▁power . ▁Event ually ▁it ▁er oded ▁the ▁domin ance ▁of ▁the ▁P U WP , ▁which ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁lost ▁approximately ▁ 8 5 , 0 0 0 ▁of ▁its ▁ 3 ▁million ▁members . ▁Through out ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 8 0 s , ▁Sol id ar ity ▁pers isted ▁sole ly ▁as ▁an ▁under ground ▁organization , ▁but ▁by ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁was ▁sufficiently ▁strong ▁to ▁fr ustr ate ▁Jar uz el ski ' s ▁attempts ▁at ▁reform , ▁and ▁nation wide ▁strik es ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁were ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁factors ▁that ▁forced ▁the ▁government ▁to ▁open ▁a ▁dialog ue ▁with ▁Sol id ar ity . ▁ ▁From ▁ 6 ▁February ▁to ▁ 1 5 ▁April ▁ 1 9 8 9 , ▁tal ks ▁of ▁ 1 3 ▁working ▁groups ▁in ▁ 9 4 ▁sessions , ▁which ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" R ound table ▁Tal ks " ▁( R oz m owy ▁Ok r ąg ł ego ▁Sto łu ) ▁saw ▁the ▁P U WP ▁abandon ▁power ▁and ▁rad ically ▁alter ed ▁the ▁shape ▁of ▁the ▁country . ▁In ▁June , ▁shortly ▁after ▁the ▁T ian an men ▁Square ▁protest s ▁in ▁China , ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁Polish ▁legisl ative ▁election ▁took ▁place . ▁Much ▁to ▁its ▁own ▁surprise , ▁Sol id ar ity ▁took ▁all ▁cont ested ▁( 3 5 %) ▁seats