Government bites the bullet and strikes deal with Lucznik

Labor unions from arms producer Lucznik in Radom will not go on strike in return for a promise from the government of a gun contract by the end of the year so it can restructure. Lucznik's restructuring program will split up the company. Lucznik S.A. will employ 20 people from administration and management. Six-hundred employees will find jobs in gun producing company Fabryka Broni Lucznik, 250 employees will go to the renewing-tool company and 150 people will be employed by a security agency. "According to the agreement we will employ 1,100-1,200 workers out of 1,800 in a restructured Lucznik," said Solidarnosc labor union president Zbigniew Cebula. Lucznik owes tens of millions of zlotys to the tax office and governmental agencies and after restructuring 80% of this sum will be frozen. "Without the next contracts and exports the company will not survive," said Cebula. (Rzeczpospolita, B1)