TVP prepares to cut 1250 in major restructuring

850 jobs will be cut from its television arm, while another 400 workers will be dismissed from Polish radio. 2005 marked TVP's lowest earnings from its three countrywide television stations, and while a reduction in employment has been discussed for several years, no government has managed to carry out such a large reduction so far. Department directors have already received information regarding employment limits, and when cutbacks are made cities such as Gdansk and Poznan could lose as much as one third of their TVP workforce. Trade unions stress that they are not against restructuring, however, they
do not like the fact that new people are still being employed by TVP and radio and that they not know how the reduction will be carried out. (Rzeczpospolita, January 13-14, p.B1) M.M.