Workers at struggling Daewoo plant vote in favor of protest against wage cuts

Eighty one percent of workers at Daewoo's plant in Nysa have agreed to organize protest action against the company after it suspended production for another month. Employees have been receiving 60% of their wages, while some employees have not received any pay and are being held on a so-called "down-time vacation." "The situation is dramatic. There is nothing else to wait for," said Wladyslaw Nowak, representing the Metalowcy trade union. Employees' moods have worsened recently, after an announcement that pr oduction downtime will be extended to the end of February. The plant p reviously assembled Citroen C15 and Citroen Berlingo delivery vans, but the French company withdrew from cooperation in the factory, citing insufficient profitability. Last year, both sales and exports of vans and trucks dropped, resulting in lay-offs at the plant. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 18; Zycie, p. 7) M.T.