Conflict at Wagon defused as government intervenes to save the company

Labor and Economy Minister Jerzy Hausner said in the Sejm yesterday that the government "will rescue" the Wagon factory and its employees are likely to return to work today. Hausner announced that the workers have received their salaries for June and the first half of July. He added that according to the law, the salaries cannot be paid unless the firm files for bankruptcy. "If such a motion was submitted, then we would be able to draft a list of employees so as to pay the overdue salaries immediately after the court declares the firm bankrupt," he said. according to the Minister, Wagon's management has sufficient time to prepare a restructuring program. The Industrial Development Agency (ARP) is in touch company representatives who perfectly know what ARP's expectations are. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) A.Z.