Trilateral Commission offers "new opening" in tackling unemployment

The government has re-activated the so-called Trilateral Commission, in an effort to work out a commonly agreed solution to the problem of soaring unemployment. The Commission, which brings together employers, trade unions and the government, was created in 1994. But in 1999 it practically ceased activity, after one of the country's two main trade unions withdrew from it. "This is a new opening, which comes after some bad experiences and in a difficult economic situation. This I consider an opportunity," said Labor Minister Jerzy Hausner. (Rzeczpospolita, Nov. 24-25, p. A3) T.J.