On 9th of november 2007 in Steszew, near Poznan, Workers’ Initiative
organized a picket in front of the company’s building. The reason for
the action was an illegal dismission of one of the sindicate’s members
Lukasz Sybilak. Among the 30 protesters there were IW’s activists
together with the workers fromH. Cegielski Poznan company.
In march 2007, trying to break up the sindicate, which was demanding
better working conditions and higher salaries, Greenkett illegally fired
two other members of Workers’ Initiative Jolanta Szypura and Aurelia
Wlodarczyk. In Labour Court both sides came to an agreement, in which
the company agreed to pay the dismissed workers 6000zl (1 euro = 3,6 zl) of
indemnification together with the trial costs. As a result of a
collective labour dispute the sindicate has achieved i.a. 10 % of salary
increase, better working conditions and the pay of social benefits.
Workers’ Initiative will continue the struggle. There has been
formulated new demands concerning the working conditions and salaries
(i.a. the pay of allowance for prejudicial work).
Greenkett Polska is a part of a multinational corporation Grupo Ig,
which mantains its subsidiaries in Slovakia, Brasil and USA. The plant
in Steszew, built few years ago, employs about 120 workers.
Jarek Urbanski,
Workers Initiative