The three largest trade unions, Trade Unions Forum (FZZ), the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions (OPZZ) and the NSZZ Solidarnosc, have organised a four-day demonstration against the government’s labour market policies. The unions demand a withdrawal of a law that will make more flexible contracts possible, the rejection of the pension reform that will increase the retirement age to 67 and a higher pay for workers across the board. The demonstrations are estimated to have mobilised up to 100,000 people.
English: http://www.industriall-union.org/polish-unions-in-mass-demonstrations-condemning-government-policy
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/polish-unionists-march-government-policy-20256309
http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/147250,Unionists-hold-protest-finale-in-Warsaw
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