Unions protest outside Parliament over pension cuts
Buoyed by support from both Law and Justice (PiS) and the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), protesters threw eggs and fireworks and burned tires in front of the Sejm and Prime Minister's Office and vowed not to relent until the controversial bill is amended.
Under the bill, to be voted on today, the number of workers covered by early retirement schemes is to be slashed by 75 percent from the current one million. The government hopes that small concessions will dissuade the President from vetoing the act, which would paradoxically mean that as of next year, the privileges will be eliminated altogether.
Today's Parliamentary vote will be accompanied by another demonstration and a strike by railway workers.
Sources: Dziennik, Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita (P.M.)
Under the bill, to be voted on today, the number of workers covered by early retirement schemes is to be slashed by 75 percent from the current one million. The government hopes that small concessions will dissuade the President from vetoing the act, which would paradoxically mean that as of next year, the privileges will be eliminated altogether.
Today's Parliamentary vote will be accompanied by another demonstration and a strike by railway workers.
Sources: Dziennik, Gazeta Wyborcza, Rzeczpospolita (P.M.)
