The agreement is an important success for the union and the workers of Cegielski, even though the management refuse to pay this years bonuses to the workforce and to declare there will be no wages cuts next year.
The struggle continues, tomorrow’s solidarity demonstration at Polish Embassy in London will go on as planned. Meeting point: Polish Embassy, 47 Portland Place W1B 1JH. 4:30pm.

On behalf of Workers Initiative (IP – Inicjatywa Pracownicza), polish anarchist society in London would like to thank the IWW London trade union and everybody, who show the solidarity and support to the working people of Cegielski plant and syndicalists fighting for their rights!

Last summer there was a massive wave of layoffs at Cegielski plant in Poznan, western Poland. As the result, more than 25% of workers at this heavy industry, state owned plant loose their jobs. In response, at the beginning of October Workers Initiative (IP), radical trade union operating in Cegielski established a Strike Commitee and started formal industrial dispute with the management. Shortly after, the management retaliate, unlawfully sacking four newly appointed stewards from IP. On November 3 Marcel Szary, one of the IP leaders in Cegielski plant and elected workers’ delegate to the board of directors was sentenced for a financial penalty for organizing wildcat strikes and workers’ rallies at the plant. On October, 23, 2009 almost 4.000 workers from different trade unions (and various plants around the country) took part in a demonstration in defense of workplaces, ended up with a clashes with the police.