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Polish workers "chain in" lawmakers over pensions [View all]
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/05/11/uk-poland-pensions-idUKBRE84A0K120120511(Reuters) - Hundreds of Polish union members protesting against plans to raise the retirement age chained together barriers meant to keep them out of parliament on Friday, in order to lock lawmakers in.
"We will decide when they will leave (the parliament)," Solidarity trade union leader Piotr Duda said as several hundred protesters, many waving flags emblazoned with the union's logo, surrounded the parliament building.
"At least for once we will decide something instead of them," Duda said.
The protesters vowed to block legislators from leaving parliament after they voted to raise the retirement age as part of the government's efforts to put the public finances on a more sustainable path.
*** how refreshing -- people not cowed by their government --
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