Ryszard Musielak

Ryszard Józef Musielak (born 6 September 1950, Szubin, Poland), was formerly one of the leaders of the Polish Solidarity union in Toruń.

[1] He led the strike and the emerging trade union structures in the "Toral" factory in Toruń.

As one of his tasks, he was responsible for a periodic magazine TIS, printed illegally by the union in Toruń.

[citation needed] After the breakthrough in 1989 he was elected a president of Solidarity District Toruń, leading the organization for 2 years (1989–1991).

On 12 December 2009, Musielak was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta by President Lech Kaczynski.