| The Independent and
Self-Governing Trade Union Solidarność, referred to hereafter as the Union, founded
as a result of worker protests and established on the basis of the Gdańsk Accords signed
on 31st August 1980 by the Inter-enterprise Strike Committee and the Government
Commission, basing its activity on Christian ethics and Catholic social teachings,
conducts activity to protect workers' interests and fulfils their material, social and
cultural aspirations. |
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WHAT IS THE NSZZ SOLIDARNOSC
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The Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union Solidarność was founded as a result of
worker protests and established on the basis of the Gdańsk Accords signed on 31st August
1980 by the Inter-enterprise Strike Committee and the Government Commission.
NSZZ Solidarność represents 1.185.000 workers, what is 7,6% of the total work force
in Poland (total number of employed 15.900 thousand in 1998). There are union members in
every industry and services. Membership includes top managers, administrators and
professional staff as well as scientists and technicians; skilled workers and labourers;
full-time workers and those who work part time; pensioners/retirees, school students in
factory-run vocational schools doing sub-contracting work for factories or receiving
vocational training in such schools; persons contracting for work at home, unemployed,
disabled and persons who are performing alternative military service. A check off system
is in operation.
NSZZ "Solidarność" has a territorial-branch structure. Approximately 14
thousand enterprise Union organisations (locals) are associated into 37 regions.
Enterprise Union organisations are associated at the same time in the national branch
sections which form 16 National branch secretariats.
The National Congress of Delegates is the union's supreme authority which elects the
National Commission (109 members), consisting among others of the chairs of 37 regions and
16 National branch secretariats and the president of the National Commission (in separate
balloting). The National Congress of Delegates also elects the National Audit Commission.
The current operations of the Union are controlled by 15 members of the Presidium of
the National Commission. The National Commission implements the Programme Resolution and
other resolutions adopted by the National Congress of Delegates. |
Contact us: |
National Commission of Independent
Self-Governing Trade Union
ul. Waly Piastowskie 24
80-855 GDANSK
POLANDInternational Department
ul. Wały Piastowskie 24,
80-855 Gdańsk, Poland
tel.: +48 (58) 308 42 32
fax: 308 44 82
zagr@solidarnosc.org.pl |
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