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Post by Jaga on Jan 25, 2008 10:47:52 GMT -7
It led to two deaths at least . There are huge lines of trackers on the boarder
(my internet connection is on and off).
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Post by valpomike on Jan 25, 2008 18:58:53 GMT -7
Jaga,
When you get back on, tell us all, where we can find more information on this.
Michael Dabrowski
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Post by Jaga on Jan 27, 2008 13:48:19 GMT -7
The goverment is very slow to solve this crisis. There is a danger that tomorrow Warsaw will be blocked with angry truckers. Today I heard the discussion between Julia Pitera, anti-corruption minister and Frasyniuk which was representing the truckers. In spite of the fact that I usually defend women I felt ashamed hearing what Julia Pitera has to say.... when Frasyniuk asked why government does not take care of the truckers providing at least a hot tea for them she responded that the role of the government is more important that giving truckers the tea... she was talking all sorts of nonsense trying to critize her opponent personally, eventually he said that she talks to him as like he was a small Johny playing in the sand. When Frasyniuk asked when the strike will be solved and what government is doing to solve it - she said.... that this is not a strike since custom officers cannot strike, they all just took their vacation time  It was very very sad to see how low the political discourse in Poland it. It was also sad to see that this government which everybody hoped that it would change Poland positively has such stupid people working for it. |
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Post by Jaga on Jan 27, 2008 13:55:49 GMT -7
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Post by rdywenur on Jan 27, 2008 16:32:23 GMT -7
Polish customs strike halts hundreds of trucks on Ukraine and Belarus borders
The Associated PressPublished: January 26, 2008
KIEV, Ukraine: Hundreds of trucks lined up on Poland's border with Ukraine, Belarus and Russia Saturday, as a strike by Polish customs officers stretched into its sixth day.
Fourteen checkpoints on the border with the three ex-Soviet states have been clogged as only a handful of Polish officers showed up for work, according to Russia's NTV television. Only drivers with nothing to declare and vehicles with diplomatic plates are being allowed through, the report said.
A 43-year old Ukrainian driver was burned alive Friday at the Krakovitz checkpoint after a short circuit sparked a fire in his truck, and a Polish driver died of cardiac arrest at the Yagodin checkpoint Wednesday after standing in line for three days, said Volodymyr Sheremet, spokesman for the western Ukrainian border unit.
"Things are very tense here," Sheremet said.
At the border with the Russian Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad, dozens of cargo trains have been unable to move into Poland, NTV said.
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At the Belarusian town of Brest, a major East-West cargo crossing point, only one customs booth was operating Saturday, Russia's Vesti 24 television said.
One driver, Alexander Stroganov, was quoted as saying that trucks stretched back more than 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the border.
Polish custom guards started their work slowdown on Monday, demanding higher salaries. They have threatened to stop all customs inspections Monday if their demands are not met.
The Polish government says it can only afford a third of what the customs officers are demanding.
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Associated Press reporter Ryan Lucas contributed to this report from Warsaw, Poland.
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Post by rdywenur on Jan 27, 2008 16:36:12 GMT -7
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Post by Jaga on Jan 27, 2008 17:29:08 GMT -7
Jaga, Why did they decide to stike. I can't imagine it lasting long as it will wind up closing down the city or entrance in and out of it. they want to have higher salaries. Representatives of other occupations (nurses, doctors, miners) were on strike and they got higher salaries. Of course they do not feel responsible for the mess they did...still communistic habits. |
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Post by Jaga on Jan 27, 2008 17:44:14 GMT -7
Chris, this link above leads to a very good article, thanks! here is more about a possible strike: afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iNCToZ9g-iJElmAL7s6zhhGAl_DATruckers stuck in border jams threaten to block Warsaw 1 day ago WARSAW (AFP) — Polish truckers, fed up with massive queues at border crossings due to a protest by customs staff, threatened Saturday to block Warsaw and other cities in the country. "If the government and the customs agents do not quickly agree we are ready to block Warsaw, Monday at noon (1100 GMT). Blockades in other cities could follow," the president of the Polish Association for Road Transport Employers, Boleslaw Milewski, told AFP. A large number of border agents have been missing from their posts for several days, taking holiday or sick-leave in a dispute over pay, and causing major queues at border crossings. So far two drivers have died stuck in queues, one of an apparent heart attack and the other when a fire broke out in his truck cabin. Queues for heavy trucks at the borders with Ukraine, Belarus and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad continued to grow on Saturday. In response, truck drivers blocked access to the Dorohusk border station along the Ukrainian border -- where the line was over 800 trucks long -- police spokesperson Renata Laszczka-Rusek told AFP. |
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Post by Jaga on Jan 27, 2008 23:01:39 GMT -7
This discussion between a Polish minister Pitera and Frasyniuk is even quoted in Polish newspaper (in Polish but with some pictures): wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80271,4875009.html and also in the discussion under the article |
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