The Trade Union Forum - a third force among trade unions is born

The first congress of the newly established Trade Union Forum (FZZ) was held yesterday. The Forum is a trade union association bringing together 17 different trade unions which did not earlier belong to any alliance. According to Wieslaw Siewierski, the head of FZZ, the forum claims 400,000 members, drawing in the unions such as those of policemen, nurses, engineers, and drivers. The two largest trade unions in Poland are the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions (OPZZ) and Solidarnosc ("S"), which each have around 900,000 members. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) A.K.