Sale of distiller Polmos Białystok appears on the rocks

This is another signal, after copper miner KGHM and the Częstochowa Steel Mill, that the Treasury Minister is experiencing increasing difficulties while making ownership decisions without the consent of the employees. "The trade unions are aware of their power and their consent must simply be bought," stated Witold Orłowski, the President's economic advisor. In the case of Polmos Białystok, which is currently being privatized, the Treasury Minister favors Sobieski Dystrybucja, owned by the French Belvedere Group. However, the trade unionists supported by the company's board do not want the investor. The agreement on the sale of shares to Sobieski Dystrybucja was initialed on Wednesday, but the Treasury Minister has not yet made a final decision on the sale, as he wants the investor to come to terms with the employees first. However, the employees announced a strike and the investor's representatives were booed when they came to the distillery to talk. (Gazeta Wyborcza, pp. 1, 27) E.B.