Training of trade union as a cultural phenomenon in the years 1944–1956 Cover Image

Szkolenie związkowe jako zjawisko kulturowe w latach 1944–1956
Training of trade union as a cultural phenomenon in the years 1944–1956

Author(s): Janusz Jarosiński
Subject(s): Education and training, Recent History (1900 till today), International relations/trade
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie

Summary/Abstract: Changing the political system in Poland resulted in the need for mass training of staff trade union, prepared to function in the new political conditions. In the years 1945–1948 were trained union activity to the tasks typical of the trade union movement and tried to come to the assistance for working people by organizing vocational training, and others, raising the level of education of members of trade unions. After 1948 the dominant theme of trade union training, ideological, subordinated to the interests of the Communist Party. Implemented leftist idea of building 1 million federal asset, which was to perform each task of the Communist Party and was intended to accomplish this task through massive training. In finals proved to be a utopian task that caused the issue of unproductive union contributions to the utopian goals without the interests of the toiling masses.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 413-431
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish