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On 25 July 2014, the President of LOT Polish Airlines has dismissed the vice-president of the ITF and ETF affiliated cabin crew union ZZPP, Andrzej Jeżewski.

This dismissal is a violation of trade union rights, and an unacceptable attempt to disrupt on-going collective agreement negotiations.

The state-owned airline holds a bad record of similar anti-union practices. Over the last five years, the airline dismissed eight trade union leaders.

On 4 August 2014, the Civil Aviation Secretaries of the ITF and ETF sent a joint letter to the President of LOT Polish Airlines, demanding the reinstatement of the dismissed union leader. The airline management did not react on the issue and avoided the phone calls from the ETF office. Now the situation is escalating into a dispute.

ETF and ITF engaged a campaign to obtain the reinstatement of Andrzej Jeżewski. They wrote to the President of Poland, Bronislaw Komorowski, to remind him about the responsibility of the Polish State as the owner of the company to ensure fair and good faith industrial relations and demand the reinstatement of Andrzej Jeżewski. Their letter is attached.

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