100,000 protest in Warsaw over government's labour policies
- 11 years ago
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Some 100,000 people from across Poland took the streets of Warsaw to protest government policies and the country's severe economic slowdown.
The trade unionists gathered at the De Gaulle Roundabout in downtown Warsaw before marching towards the Presidential Place and Zamkowy Square.
The protest was organised by Poland's three main trade unions, Solidarity, All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions (OPZZ) and Trade Unions Forum (FZZ).
Protesters were demonstrating against liberal policies of Donald Tusk's Government, against "junk" employment contracts, low minimum wages and a hike in the retirement age.
Tusk plans to transfer a big chunk of the assets held by private pension funds, known by the Polish acronym OFE, into a state vehicle. It also wants to scrap a requirement for savers to pay contributions into the private funds.
A pension reform bill is likely to be put before parliament in the next month or two.
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Some 100,000 people from across Poland took the streets of Warsaw to protest government policies and the country's severe economic slowdown.
The trade unionists gathered at the De Gaulle Roundabout in downtown Warsaw before marching towards the Presidential Place and Zamkowy Square.
The protest was organised by Poland's three main trade unions, Solidarity, All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions (OPZZ) and Trade Unions Forum (FZZ).
Protesters were demonstrating against liberal policies of Donald Tusk's Government, against "junk" employment contracts, low minimum wages and a hike in the retirement age.
Tusk plans to transfer a big chunk of the assets held by private pension funds, known by the Polish acronym OFE, into a state vehicle. It also wants to scrap a requirement for savers to pay contributions into the private funds.
A pension reform bill is likely to be put before parliament in the next month or two.
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