The unionists emphasize that they won't stop the hunger strike until the PKP enterpise's management will resign from their plans. Grodzki informed that on 9th June in Bialystok there was to be a meeting qwith the president of management of PKP Regional Transports but it had been moved to 15th June.

The association is to happen on 1st July. According to director of Podlasie Province's Regional Transports Plant (ZPR) Halina Kurzyna workplaces are guaranteed for all already empolyed but she admitted that part of them will have to drive from Bialystok to Warsaw.

The management of Podlasie Province is against the association. As its Monday's announcement says it is shocked with the decision of the enterprise's authorities which "realizes the politics of accomplished facts with which it prises the credibility of PKP as a partner".
The Podlasie's management reminds that 19th May 2004 the president of PKP Regional Transports Ltd declared to sign up an intentional letter about studying an economical analysis about the regional division of raliway passenger transports.

According to the local government's members the association of Podlasie's ZPR with the Mazovia's one can cause a liquidation of some regional connections and with that limit a possibility of communication in the province and increase the unemployment.

"In that situation the management of Podlasie Province expresses a objection about association of the plants and considers the sense of further cooperation with the haulier" - says the statement f the local government's members sent on Monday to the president of PKP Regional Transports Ltd.
Monday, 07.06.2004, 16:11, /pap, polish press agency/

PKP (Polish National Railways) Strike in polish maritime province

Maritime province's railwaymen from "Solidarity" trade union started a protest action at 2 a.m. - supervisor of Maritime province's Local Section of Railwaymen NSZZ "Solidarity" - Wojciech Lipinski informed. The protest will last until further notice.

Union members demand among others resigning the plans of regional division (a division into 16 distinct corporations) of corporation PKP Regional Transport.

As a result of strike two long-distance trains didn't drive off and one train was late - a spokesman of Maritime province's Plant of Regional Transport PKP in Gdynia, Tomasz Izycki informed.
"The two trains that didn't drive off were: the train from Wladyslawowo to Gdynia and Intercity train "Kaszub" to Warsaw. Some of the passengers from the Intercity train cashed in on the train "Slupia" driving off an hour later - he said.

Fast Municipal Railway (SKM) courses without changes in Treble City.

In spite of initial informations given by the supervisor of Maritime province's Local Section of Railwaymen NSZZ "Solidarity" Wojciech Lipinski, the train from Gdynia to Katowice via Czestochowa drove off the station, but with a 20 minute delay. Izycki added that the protesting workers blocked part of railway tracks on the technical station in Gdynia-Leszczynki, where the trains pull into. Several conductors refused to work that day.

The occupy strike of railwaymen in Gdynia-Leszczynki caused the situation that PKP can't use part of their carriages.

"For example the train "Albatros" from Tczew to Szczecin drove off with the cars borrowed from SKM" - Izycki added.

In statement of Maritime province's Local Section of Railwaymen NSZZ "Solidarity" trade union members wrote that the protest action will last among others to "the government's and the management's of PKP S.A. (PKP public company) resignation of regional division of PKP Regional Transport".

The protesters also demand "the government to specify the rules and forms of delivery of financial resources resolved by Lower House of Parliament in sum of 550 million zlotys for regional transport, Maritime province's Council's delivery of full sum enumerated by the Ministry of Finances from the CIT and PIT taxes for regional transport.

They also demand "government's withdrawal of workers' frightening and breaking the trade unions' law by the employers". As the members of trade unions claim, during earlier railway protests workers were given statements to sign, which were saying that under discipline of fireing them they won't be striking in future.

This year, railway had to receive 1 bilion 138 milion zlotys, including 538 milion zlotys for passenger regional transport. Those money would come from councils, stuctural funds and the budget of state. About 100 milion zlotys was to come from the sale and lease of PKP immobilities. Government confirmed the assurane of guaranteeing 538 milion zlotys for PKP. Lower House of Parliament additionally gave 550 milion zlotys fo regional transport of PKP.

On Monday there won't be any more protest actions on railway - supervisor of railway "Solidarity" Stanislaw Kogut assured.

"In other provinces there won't be any more protest actions today, the trains won't be stopped" - Kogut said to Polish Press Agency.

In Maritime province's Local Section of Railwaymen NSZZ "Solidarity"'s statement members of the union wrote that their protest action will last among others until "government and PKP's management will resign from regional division of regional Transport".