Laure Akai

Akai, Laure

Ed — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:43:50 +0000

Privatisation by the back door: The health workers’ strike and the future of medical care in Poland

Steven. — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:31:28 +0000

Some hospitals have given up the strike, some hospitals are concluding private deals with doctors. Nurses have organised separately from the doctors with a slightly different agenda. And it well may turn out that the results of the strike are strikingly different salaries for health care workers throughout Poland and increased privatization of the health care industry.

Poland’s health care workers’ strike: new challenges and old problems

laureakai — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 06:15:01 +0000

The Doctor’s Strike and the Nurses’ Occupation

Death, industrial action and firings at LG Electronics in Poland

laureakai — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:31:21 +0000

LG is one of the biggest and most important companies operating in Poland. The group owns a wide variety of investments, most notably its TV and LCD monitor/ screen production in Mlawa and Biskupice Podgórne (near Wroclaw) and its refrigerator and washing machine plant in Kobierzyce.

Poland: Workers fired for union activity

laureakai — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:50:38 +0000

Two workers from Workers' Initiative have been fired for union activity. Anybody who would like to show some solidarity should send a nasty e-mail or fax with a protest.The names of the fired people are Aurelia Włodarczyk and Jolanta Szypura. They work for the firm Greenkett Polska, which is part of the IG group - headquarters in Spain. They were demanding a 30% pay raise.

Teachers protest in Warsaw

laureakai — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:59:31 +0000

Today over 12,000 teachers from around Poland came to Warsaw to protest the policies of the government, both in regard to its financial committment towards education workers and to the outrageous actions of the Minister and Vice-minister of Education.

Halemba mine tragedy: the high costs of greed and outsourcing

laureakai — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 07:18:47 +0000

Previous libcom.org coverage here.

Poland postal strike: new developments

laureakai — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:53:08 +0000

As of now, mail carriers in many cities have joined the strike, but not all of them. Most post offices are working and accepting mail, even if they are not delivering. The exceptions are in Warsaw in the Praga District where the 2nd PO in the city was shut down and in Szczecin where 23 POs have closed during the strike.

Poland: Postal workers strike

laureakai — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:06:02 +0000

On Nov. 13, a wildcat strike of mail carriers started in the Gdansk post office. Now the strike has been taken over by different unions, mostly Solidarity, and has spread to most major cities in Poland.

The mail carriers' demands include:
- an 8 hour work day for all workers of the Polish Post (most mail carriers work 10-12 hours daily)