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On July 13, we held an informational action in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw against the elimination of the 8-hour working day and in favor of an indefinite general strike. We made speeches about the situation of the working class and the need to fight and had many discussions with passersby. Many tourists also stopped and people from Argentina, France and Russia, who were shocked to learn want is happening in Poland, offered their expressions of support.

During the action we gave out different leaflets, calling for an indefinite general strike and also explaining the meaning and ramifications of the amendments.

A few days ago the three largest unions in Poland called for mass action on September 11, but refrained from calling it a strike. However, they are threatening this on the one hand and on the other, calling on the President to veto the amendments. The members of Solidarity have already voted for a strike in a national referendum, but the other two main unions have not set a referendum yet.

ZSP has been calling for more action against the attacks of the government and business on the working class for years and is agitating actively for strike action. This agitation has some good support amongst rank and file union members and even some unions, which put our appeal on their web pages. We are also calling on workers from outside this unions to organize and workers from these unions to act regardless of what their union leadership decides.