IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

How Polish strike leaders see free trade unions

Socialist Challenge No. 163, 11 September 1980 · p. 4 of the scan · 267 words

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national But the BOGDAN LIS:

board):

elected a strike Two get the country out of the crisis. 'Of course, and more all the have what is necessary.

We'd like to see ting us out of this situation.

calmly and conscientiously.' 19-person LECH WALESA:

and finally it comevery day. 'We want all the workers' rights, at all levels. We want guaranteed freedom of activity' ANDRZEJ GWIAZDA (member of Robotnik editorial 'A new trade union independent of the state and of the government, with its own newspaper is the only way to the economic situation is very complicated. The problems exist at different levels and the workers must be listened te everywhere. Who else can say who is right if not those who work?

'A new trade union will avoid a lot of errors.' FLORIAN WISNIEWSKI (electrician): 'We make unproductive investments. money badly. The workers, all the Poles, must be able to 'Perhaps certain reforms will be difficult, but a free trade union and its control over all the economic activities of the government are the only guarantees of get'We want all the economic decisions to be taken "Take an example: a prefabrieation plant that is producfing at 50 per cent capacity. The government decided to build another one right next to it.

'It's absurd. The plant is useless. Maybe the Central Committee doesn't know that, but we workers see it 'The free trade union means control over economic decisions at every level — local, regional and national. We need a new plan, and that's how we'll do it.' meeting acknowledging shipyards.

'in 1917.

same direction target

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