Poland: dismissal of local trade union creator reopens debate on union rights

Andrzej Rosinski, creator of the local Solidarnosc union and in charge of the customer service at Markt Media, a supermarket owned by Metro group, was dismissed on grounds of article 54 of the Labour Code (serious violation of worker’s duties). He was accused of having torn a supermarket’s client complaint. A few days before, the employee had informed management that he was to create the first local union at Media Markt, the supermarket without a union. On November 17^th, the first instance labo