Zycie daily fails to pay salaries on time - journalists threaten strike action

Employees of Zycie daily, published by Dom Wydawniczy Wolne Slowo (DWWS), are protesting against the management's delay in paying monthly salaries. The journalists have created a Solidarity Strike Committee and are considering employing the services of a debt-collection agency. "We haven't made a decision on striking yet, but if the publisher does not keep its promises Zycie may stop being printed," said one of the journalists. "I'm not afraid of strike threats as the journalists do not have any reason to protest. Salaries are paid out regularly and delays in payment relate only to some employees," countered DWWS president Jan Kreft. According to information in Puls Biznesu, the deadline given by Kreft for paying the delayed salaries is mid August. "There have already been several such deadlines all of which have been broken," say the journalists. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) A.Z.