Poland: Unionists Protest New Retirement Age

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Poland: Unionists Protest New Retirement Age
By REUTERS
Published: May 12, 2012

Hundreds of Polish trade union members protesting against plans to raise the retirement age chained together barriers meant to keep them out of Parliament on Friday, locking lawmakers in for more than an hour. “We will decide when they will leave,” a Solidarity trade union leader, Piotr Duda, said. “At least for once we will decide something instead of them.” The union members took their action after lawmakers voted to raise the retirement age to 67 for most Poles, part of the government’s efforts to cut state debt, maintain growth and maintain investor confidence. Until now, women were allowed to retire at age 60 and men at 65.


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/12/world/europe/poland-unionists-protest-new-retirement-age.html

[truthisfreedom]

1. Never-ending labor. The GOP is working on that here... Romney's "borrow money from your parents"

theme=Your parents don't need to retire. Work until you drop dead.

[Omaha Steve]

2. K & R