SOLIDARITY at the Gdansk shipyard said today it is "satisfied" with the way that the EC has dealt with the yard’s restructuring, thus dropping labour’s opposition to the scheme.
No formal announcement will be made about the yard's future until 22 July, but Brussels is expected to repeat its previous positive response to the government’s restructuring.
Earlier today, the EC competition commissioner Neelie Kroes conceded today that it was regrettable that some Polish yard workers would lose their jobs with the sale of the Gdynia and Szczecin facilities.
But she still expressed satisfaction with the outcome of her November decision on the yards. She was on the second of a two-day visit to Poland, stopping yesterday in Szczecin and today Gdynia and Gdansk.
In mid-May, both Gdynia and Szczecin were bought by Qatar’s QInvest. A Warsaw-based company, Polish Shipyards, set up by the buyer, will begin running the yards once more on 1 August.
SOLIDARITY at the Gdansk shipyard said today it is "satisfied" with the way that the EC has dealt with the yard’s restructuring, thus dropping labour’s opposition to the scheme.
Source: Fairplay