Gdansk shipyard protests against Poland's incoming liberal government

http://www.polskieradio.pl/ ^ | 10/29/07

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Gdansk shipyard protests against Poland's incoming liberal government

29.10.2007

Several hundred workers of the legendary Gdansk shipyard have been rallying to protest what they fear will be a delay or even complete stop of the privatization of the shipyard, once the liberal Civic Platform party comes into power in Poland.

Car tires were buring, fire crackers exploding and shipyard workers were chanting "Solidarity will win again" and "Liberals keep your hands off the shipyard".

Trade union members have handed in a petition to proper authorities asking them not to interfere with the privatization process of the shipyard

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Shipyard workers from the famous Gdansk Shipyards, the cradle of the Solidarity freedom movement that toppled communism in Poland, march past burning tires during a demonstration in Gdansk, Poland, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007. The workers were demanding the quick privatization of the shipyards to save the finacially troubled workplace. (AP Photo/Wojtek Jakubowski)

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I thought the PO was for privatization.

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They are.

Actually - I have not heard about this event.

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I’m not sure what’s going on here but generally the problem with Gdansk shipyard is that as a “birth place of Solidarity” It has been living for many years on government’s subsidies and the result of that is... well, the only one possible in this situation.