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During crises, we are always 
presented with theoretical justifications.

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Now, politicians and
capital are saying

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that we should 
prepare for cuts.

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They say that the 
existing economic system

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with its low wages was 
the best and only possible.

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However, the corona
pandemic shows

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who keeps 
the society going:

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not the capitalists
but the workers.

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Not the company CEOs
who are now hiding away

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and isolating themselves
from society

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but the employees
in the health care system.

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When we think about
societal changes

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we need to see what 
is happening on the shopfloors,

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what kind of resistance
is taking place there,

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and what will happen
in the next few months.

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After 2008, the government
changed the labor law.

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These changes were working
against us, the workers.

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A new, future labor law
has to be built

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on the base of our experiences
on the shopfloors:

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our organizing attempts,
our struggles.

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We have
13 demands:

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We appeal to the
other unions

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to support
our demands!

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They have to be the base
for a new labor law.

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One part of our demands
concerns working hours and wages.

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Poland has the longest
working hours in Europe.

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That's why we demand
a reduction of working hours.

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That would improve the quality
of life for the workers,

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and it would lower
unemployment.

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We demand the introduction
of the 3:1 principal.

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The highest wage should not be more
than three times the lowest.

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That would eliminate the
extreme wage differences,

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and it would make total wages
financially feasible.

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We demand permanent employment contracts
instead of precarious "junk contracts."

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Contract work and
service contracts

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threaten workers' health
and workplace safety.

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Only sickpay guarantees that
sick workers can safely stay at home.

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Especially now, we need
a permanent employment contract.

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We need the 
right to protest.

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We demand that it becomes
easier to start a labor struggle,

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that collective bargaining
procedures get shortened,

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and that the obligation to hold
strike votes is abolished.

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Only that can guarantee our
constitutional right to strike.

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We demand the
participation of the unions

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in the companies' 
crisis management teams.

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Decisions on work organization
are taken there,

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especially during an
epidemic, like now.

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The employers may not
take these decisions on their own.

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The unions have
to be involved.

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We demand the 
disinfection of shopfloors,

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after coordination
with the unions.

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Companies with
coronavirus cases

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need to be closed down
during disinfection.

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A large part
of state subsidies

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is given to companies
in special economic zones.

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Those subsidies
have to be suspended.

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Other tasks are much
more pressing.

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All citizens need the right
to receive free health care.

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The unemployment benefits are
extremely low and need to be raised.

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The payment period of the benefits
has to be extended.

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There is not enough money
in the care sector.

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Since the transition and the crisis,
the pressure on workers has increased

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because state and company bosses
speak with one voice

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and use all kinds 
of methods to divide us.

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After every crisis,
we work even harder

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and the employers 
make huge profits.

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Now they are
begging for help.

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We say: Just use the profits you have
made through our work.

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To do this, we have
to speak with one voice.

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We need our own
crisis management teams:

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on the shopfloor, 
on sector level, and beyond,

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together with activists
from other unions.

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Only in that way can we
push through our demands

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against the anti-worker 
crisis protection package.