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Poland's emigration stimulates use of prison chain gangs

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Warsaw, Poland September 20, 2006. Polish unemployment is still above 15%. But even though Polish unemployment is above 15%, employers are unable to find workers. . Companies in Poland are now contacting Polish prisons to find workers.

The Polish economy in booming. Money is pouring in from the European Union. Foreign companies are investing in Poland and opening plants. But without workers, Poland is not going to be able to effectively utilize the potential that the money from the European Union and these investments made by foreign companies bring to Poland.

It seems that the main source of workers for some industries is now the Polish prisons.

Jarislav Lehrseld, who deals with labour requests at Wadowice jail, said: "We have seen a huge amount of interest. All the prisons are in the same situation. "We now have 12 gangs working all the time, and we are making new gangs as fast as we can. Most of the work is building work, some of it very skilled.
"The cons are glad as they get cash and a bit of work experience and training that is useful when they get out. It's the same all across Poland." http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1388592006 See Scotland's gain Poland's loss

Polish emigration has been very high. And emigration of talented workers has hurt many industries. There simply a labor shortage even with unemployment being above 15%.

There is a serious disconnect somewhere within the Polish labor market. And as long as that at a disconnected exists, it appears that the Polish government Poland will use this opportunity to create more chain gangs and use companies in desperate need of talented held to retrain its prison population. Perhaps Polish prisons will issue a diploma for having successfully completed chain gang training.

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