Private Employers Confederation conference stresses bi-lateral dialogue

Private Employers Confederation conference stresses bi-lateral dialogue At a conference "Dialogue - Mirage or Reality" organized by the Polish Confederation of Private Employers (PKPP), the chief Polish-European Union (EU) negotiator Jan Kulakowski emphasized the importance of bilateral dialogue in labor matters between employee and employer alone. Adding that a trilateral dialogue including a government representative could in some respects be taken into consideration, bilateral negotiations should be conducted most often, noting that such trilateral interventions are frowned on in the EU. "There was no dialogue in communist times and that silent period has to be compensated," said Kulakowski. He also regretted the fact that Poland lacks strong employee and employer representatives in European organizations, which could defend Polish interests abroad. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A2)