and Richard Rozanski 'HOW do we form a free trade union? Should party members be allowed in? Should they be allowed to hold office? Should we start paying dues straight away?' These were the questions being fired at Jan Regulski by group of workers after another in a small flat in Warsaw last week.
Regulski comes from FSO Zeran, a huge car plant on the east bank of the Together with the strike leaders at the Ursus tractor plant, the Zeran workers decided to form committee for the trade unions Masowsze province, which includes the capital.
But although press censorship is supposed to have been relaxed, not one line has appeared in the official press telling workers about Masowsze committee. Even so, workers' delegations from all over the capital are seeking out the committee.
recognition The regime is also denying the committee an office, work is being conducted from one member's flat. During the afternoon spent aciegatons or tram workers museum workers and others kept arriving to discuss with members of the committee.
Some report management is hostile to moves to rommo new anons. Others report that management says they should go ahead, nothing Masowsze committee.
In the factories the factory should put forward an independent slate of candidates. 'Our aims are very Regulski explained. to fight against all forms of corruption, lining of pockets at the expense of the state, As Gierek always said: *Thei must be fairly divided" "The working class must always watch over those with responsibility. nothing will Vistula.
this and there workers, electronics that their Many their provided they have The left and Poland that have organisaexbasic", 'We want tion of the this. fof bread union We know that of structures change with fine might have. declarations; that's why we've that resorted to this kind of action.
going take responsibility for the distribuwhole working class. The new unions will be the guarantors of We spoke about what sort the new unions Regulski told us the NOS WEC being organised on a regional basis, giving the examples of the Baltic coast, Masowsze, and Silesia.
"There will be a loose centralisation on a national level', he said, 'but not so much that the new unions will stagnate. There will obviously be differences between the trades car workers, doctors, builders, metal workers - and they will link up nationally to put forward common demands for the trades as a whole exchanging mation and trying to such as office accommodation, given that we're operating from private flat. organisational details have yet to be sorted out; they'll be decided after a period of consultation.' inforSove problems The exact IN REVOLT
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