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Okna Rabien: Calluousness and indifference towards workers in the name of profit.
Dozens of Phillipino workers face deportation after problems with their employers at Okna Rabien near Lodz.
At the end of February / beginning of March, 98 workers from the Phillipines were employed at Okna Rabien window and door factory in Rabien, near Lodz. The hiring of these workers were part of management's plan to take on 200 cheap workers to replace 249 of them recently at the end of last year from the company.
Nurses fired for strike in Poland
Four nurse unionists have been fired from the Barlicki Hospital in Lodz. It's director is on the team of health care managers helping the government to commercialize hospitals and increase casualization of the sector.
The Director of the Balicki Hospital in Lodz has fired four nurses and union leaders who participating in a strike last Septmber. The strike lasted 11 days. Nurses were demanding pay raises to brings their salaries up to 2000 - 3500 zloties per month (450 -800 euro) depending on position and seniority.
