According to information obtained by the portal istotne.pl, a strike may take place on Tuesday, December 11 at Gerresheimer in Bolesławiec. This was confirmed in a conversation with us by Franciszek Kopeć, head of the Jelenia Góra Region Board of NSZZ Solidarność.
If the employees fail to reach an agreement with the employer by then, they will leave their workstations at 6:00 a.m. on December 11.
As F. Kopeć emphasized, as many as 90 percent of those who voted in the referendum supported the strike, so Solidarność is carrying out the workers’ will.
The strike is to continue until the dispute is resolved—that is, until Gerresheimer fulfills the protesters’ demands. We will return to the subject.
Let us recall. On November 29, we reported that NSZZ Solidarność members from Gerresheimer Bolesławiec S.A. (formerly Polfa) had organized a protest picket.
More than 80 people took part in the protest. They walked near the Gerresheimer building and chanted “Solidarność!” and “We want to live with dignity!”
– The conditions at work are very demanding; we work in high temperatures. I do not expect this issue to improve radically. The most important thing is to earn a decent wage. We are demanding a gross pay increase of PLN 500 – said Sylwester Gałbiuk of Solidarność.
We tried to find out how much the company’s employees currently earn, but the Solidarność representative did not want to give a precise answer. He only said that the wages were unsatisfactory.
The protesters added at the time that they hoped their action would have an effect.