Demands of Poland
Socialist Republic1980Trade unions and workers' strugglesInternationalism and other strugglesTrade unions and workers' strugglesInternationalism and other struggles
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The following is the list of twentyone demands being raised by the strikers in the Gdansk region, as promulgated by the Interfactory Strike Committee (MKS) representing more than 500 factories and about 200,000 workers, It has been taken from the September 8 Intercontinental Press/Inprecor.
1. Acceptance of free trade unions independent of theCommunist Party and of enterprises, in accordance with convention No. 87 of the International Labour Organization concerning the right to form free trade unions, which was ratified by the Communist Government of Poland. 2. A guarantee of the right to strike and ofthe security of strikers and those’ aiding them, guarantee of freedom of speech, the in prices. press and publications, Including 9. Guaranteed automatic increases freedom for independent publishers, in pay on the basis of increases in and. the availabillty of the mass prices and the decline In real Income. media to representatives of all 10. A full supply of food prodfaiths, ucts for the domestic market, with 4 ta) A return of former rights to: exports limited to surpluses.
*People dismissed from work 11, The abolition of "commerafter the 1970 and 1976 clal'' prices and of other sales for strikes hard currency In special shops. *Students expelled from school 12, The selection of management because of their views personnel on the basis of qualif(b) The release of all political ications, not party membership, prisoners, among them Ed- Privileges of the secret police, mund Zadrozynski, Jan Koz— regular police and party apparatus lowski and Marek Kozlowski are to be eliminated by equalizing (c) A halt in repression of the family subsidies, abolishing: individual because of personal special stores, etc. conviction. 13. The introduction of food 5. Availability to the mass media coupors for meat and meat products of information about the formation of (during the period In which control the Interfactory Strike Committee of the market situation Is regained). and publication of its demands, 14, Reduction in the age for 6. The undertaking of actions aimed retirement for women to 50 and for at bringing the country out of its men to 55, or after 30 years! emcrisis situation by the following ployment in Poland for women and means: 35 years for men, regardless of age.
(a) Making public complete info- 15, Conformity of old-age pensions rmation about the social- and annuities with what has actually economic situation. been paid in. (b) Enabling all sectors and 16. Improvements in the working social classes to take part conditions of the health service to in discussion of the reform insure full medical care for wor= programme, kers. 7. Compensation of all workers 17. Assurances of a reasonable taking part in the strike for the number of places in day-care cenperiod of the strike, with vacation tres and kindergartens for the pay from the Central Council of children of working mothers. Trade Unions. 18. Paid maternity leave for 8. An increase in the base pay three years, of each worker by 2,000 zlotys 19, A decrease in the waiting (Ir £33 at the official rate) a month period for apartments.
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