LOT unions demand management board sackings

"We met with the Minister to discuss the way the company is run by the current management board," said Elwira Niemiec, head of a trade union at LOT. The employees believe that a number of changes should be introduced in the firm, including the removal of half of the management board. They want Marek Grabarek and Władysław Metelski to be dismissed, and demanded that the Minister replace his representatives on the supervisory board with new ones. The new supervisory board would appoint either the missing members of the management board, or replace all its members through a competition. In order to sack the members of the supervisory board, the minister would have to call a general shareholders meeting. Meanwhile, unionists at LOT postponed their strike referendum until December 5. After three quarters of the year LOT generated a net profit of zł.157 million, laid off 630 people and reduced its costs by 18%. (Puls Biznesu, p. 9) A.F.