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Labour unions protest on eve of Polish EU presidency
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 30 - 06 - 2011

Thousands of labour unionists protested in Warsaw
on Thursday, calling for a higher minimum wage and better welfare
benefits during demonstrations on the eve of Poland's European Union
presidency, according to dpa.
Officials from the labour union Solidarity said they want to show
Europe that Poland is not a "green island" - a reference to the fact
that Poland outperformed most of Europe during the recent financial
crisis - but a nation that faces serious problems like low wages and
high unemployment among young people.
Poland takes over the EU's six-month presidency on Friday.
"We want in this way to show the government, but also the whole of
Europe, that Poland is a country with many social inequality
problems, high prices, low wages, unemployment among young people,"
the union said on its website.
Union members called on the government of Prime Minister Donald
Tusk to raise the minimum monthly wage from the current 1,380 zloty
(501 dollars) to some 1,650 zloty. They also called for lowering the
excise duty on fuel and increasing the number of people eligible for
welfare benefits.
The protesters waved flags bearing the red Solidarity logo, and
signs with pictures of Tusk with a long Pinocchio nose saying, "stop
lying."
They were set to march past the parliamentary building on their
way to Tusk's chancellery, where they were to deliver their petition
on raising the minimum wage.
Poland's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.4 per cent
year-on-year in the first quarter of 2011. Tusk has boasted that the
country was the sole EU nation that avoided recession in 2009.
But demonstrators said that GDP growth should be reflected in
rising wages.


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