Rail unions testing the new PM

The CEO of PKP Cargo Adam Purwin received a list of demands from the rail workers' union. Demands for bonus pay may cost the company PLN 22 million. Further demands list meal subsidies and compensation of costs during temporary work for sister companies. Personel costs are at 38 percent at PKP Cargo. Analysts are advising management to hold firm regarding the demands. "Any additional compensation will influence our forecasts," said Marcin Gątarz of Unicredit CAIB. Purwin claims that PKP Cargo "is consistently following its restructurization goals which include the merging of workshops and a vertical management structure. Everyone in the organization is aware of the effect of their work. Why shouldn't the unions partake in implementation of best practices within PKP Cargo?" ProKolej Foundation president Jakub Majewski believes that the concurrence of a new government and successful earnings of companies like PKP Cargo have empowered workers to seek their share of the pie. It appears as if though the unions are not just out for cash. Union leader Leszek Miętek wants to actively discuss the future of Przewozy Regionalne, a REGIO service provider that is deeply in debt.