Unionists Against Unions: Toward Hierarchical Management in Post-Communist Poland
Unionists Against Unions: Toward Hierarchical Management in Post-Communist Poland

Summary/Abstract: Anyone who expected or hoped that labor would do well in the post-communist world would have put their bets on Poland. The long, successful struggle waged by Solidarity seemed to mean that Polish workers would have the institutions, the resources, and the determination to defend themselves in the new era. Even before the fall of the Berlin Wall, not only was Solidarity re-legalized and recruiting members anew but its political arm had swept the parliamentary elections. A year later, Solidarity's legendary leader, Lech Wałęsa, was elected president. Early fears of foreign investors that Poland would be too sympathetic to labor seemed quite justified. If a worker-friendly capitalism was possible at all, Poland appeared to be the country that would carry it through. [...]

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