Timetable of job cuts in rail, steel and mining industries

According to sector analysts up 70,000 jobs are likely to go over the next few years due to restructuring in the mining, steel and rail industries. According to the Central Statistical Office (GUS) the first 20,000 red undancies are very close. According to the program to restructure the mining sector, in the next three years over 37,000 miners may receive notice, with 11,000 to go this year. At least 7,000-8,000 jobs will go in the steel industry, of which 2,700 are to be axed this year. Also Polish State R ailways (PKP) will have to cut its labor force by between 12,000 to 22,000. (Rzeczpospolita, March 8-9, p. B1) J.K.