Poland

Work On Sundays In Poland

Warsaw, Poland 3 March, 2006 - The Polish Catholic church, through its press secretary for the Polish Episcopate, Father Jozef Koch, has taken the position that the Church is strongly against working Sundays for people who work in shops, service centers and large markets. He also said that a labor free Sunday is the right of every Man.

The Polish political party LPR has submitted a bill, with the backing of another minority political party, Samoobrona that bans big shopping centers from doing business on Sundays.

The rights being protected by the Church and the populist political parties are conveniently selectively protected. They don't protect the rights of the people who support them. They only protect the rights of people who do not support them.

The bill put forward requires that establishments with more than five people be required to close on Sunday. So shops with less than five people are free to stay open and require their workers to work on Sunday. Protecting the rights of people that employ five or less employees would impact the political support of the populist political parties, and the Church, so they are against such protection.

The impact of the closings, if the bill is found to be in accordance with the constitution, will be measurable. The country has an economic track record based on Sunday business being allowed. Stopping that will no doubt affect the economy and increase unemployment. The changes that result will tell the story to the Polish people and they will be able to decide if being protected is really in their own benefit.

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