Elektromontaz Export workers hold one-day strike

Around 600 employees of the Wroclaw and Lublin divisions of Elektromontaz Export yesterday held a warning strike, during which production was halted for over two hours. They claim the company has not been paying them their wages, contrary to a deal negotiated with the trade union in November 2002. They also do not accept the company's plans to lay off over 200 employees, due to a new restructuring strategy. "We cannot trust the current management board, which has caused a huge mess in the company for the past two years," said Henryka Charchalska, head of the company's "Solidarnosc" union. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B4) A.K.