Sour tastes all round in ongoing strike at Wyborowa

The purchase offer however would not include the ownership rights to the flagship product, Wyborowa. "We could produce local brands for the domestic market which have a lower profitability rate, but which would maintain all the current jobs," claims Ireneusz Hałas, the head of the Solidarity union in the plant. The hunger strike continues in protest of management plans to layoff 120 employees. The deputy president of Wyborowa, Andrzej Szumkowski, however emphasizes that Pernod Ricard will not agree to the offer. The investor has spent over zł.300 million on the company and the brand name and has spent additional significant sums for social packages and marketing campaigns. The trade unions allegedly are offering zł.120 million. (Puls Biznesu, p. 1, 6) A.K.