[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:work\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2019\u002Fpoland-ikea-fires-worker-over-lgbt-criticism-2014-discussion-continues-august-31-2019":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"short_title":7,"intro_text":7,"meta_description":8,"seo_title":8,"path":9,"content_type":10,"locale":11,"go_live_at":7,"first_published_at":12,"page_created_at":13,"published_at":12,"edit_url":14,"breadcrumbs":15,"seo":28,"body_blocks":36,"call_to_action":42,"categories":49,"labels":50,"owner":7,"authors":51,"related_pages":52,"related_sites":53,"in_subsite":54,"contact_page_url":55,"banner_message":56},13467,"poland-ikea-fires-worker-over-lgbt-criticism-2014-discussion-continues-august-31-2019","Poland - Ikea fires worker over LGBT criticism — discussion continues - August 31, 2019",null,"","\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2019\u002Fpoland-ikea-fires-worker-over-lgbt-criticism-2014-discussion-continues-august-31-2019","pages.newspage","en","2019-10-16T22:51:58.742000+00:00","2025-12-15T15:30:27.425077+00:00","\u002Fcms\u002Fpages\u002F13467\u002Fedit\u002F",[16,19,22,25,27],{"title":17,"slug":18},"World of Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Collective Bargaining Agreement","collective-bargaining-agreement",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Collective Bargaining Updates","updates",{"title":26,"slug":26},"2019",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":29,"canonical":30,"robots":31,"og_type":32,"twitter_card":33,"locale":11,"created_at":34,"last_modified_at":35},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fcollective-bargaining-agreement\u002Fupdates\u002F2019\u002Fpoland-ikea-fires-worker-over-lgbt-criticism-2014-discussion-continues-august-31-2019\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","2019-10-17T00:51:58.742000+02:00","2025-12-26T22:49:16.672101+01:00",[37],{"type":38,"data":39},"raw_html_block",{"content":40,"variant":41},"\u003Cp>Swedish furniture giant Ikea fired a local worker critical of the company’s LGBT policy. The worker used quotes from the Bible to voice his comments on an internal company forum. The conservative justice minister ordered an investigation of the case because he found the dismissal a violation of “the freedom of conscience and religion”. Other politicians suggested a boycott of the Swedish furniture retailer. The debate comes at a moment that the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has condemned the distribution of ‘LGBT free zone’ stickers by the newspaper Gazeta Polska. The ETUC is afraid that this kind of action will create unnecessary divisions and conflicts in workplaces and in society, as demonstrated by recent violence against members of the LGBT community. It might tempt people to break the law by discriminating on grounds of sexual orientation, which is against EU and Polish law, so the union confederation states.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Read on:\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Farchiwum.thenews.pl\u002F1\u002F9\u002FArtykul\u002F427424\"> in English \u003C\u002Fa>...\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.etuc.org\u002Fen\u002Fpressrelease\u002Fetuc-condemns-lgbt-free-zone-poland\"> in English (2)\u003C\u002Fa> ... ETUC statements from 2017 and 2019:\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.etuc.org\u002Fen\u002Fdocument\u002Fmadrid-declaration-rights-lgbtqi-people-workplace\"> in English ... \u003C\u002Fa>and here:\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.etuc.org\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fpage\u002Ffile\u002F2019-05\u002FEN%20-%20Manifesto%20-%20Finale.pdf\"> in\u003C\u002Fa> \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.etuc.org\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002Fpage\u002Ffile\u002F2019-05\u002FEN%20-%20Manifesto%20-%20Finale.pdf\">English (2)\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement)\u003Ca href=\"mailto:p.t.debeer@uva.nl\"> p.t.debeer@uva.nl \u003C\u002Fa>or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mkoksal@etui.org\">mkoksal@etui.org.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cbr\u002F>For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\">www.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fa> or consult the archive with all articles in our database at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbnarchive.eu\u002F\">www.cbnarchive.eu.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cbr\u002F>You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\">www.etui.org.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. 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