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Tuesday January 22, 2008 04:30 by akai47 akai47 at gmail dot com
In December 2007, a trade-union called “Krajowa Federacja Pracownikow (KFP)” (Worker’s Federation) was formed in Lionbridge Poland, a subsidiary of Lionbridge Technologies, a US-based multinational with subsidiaries all over the world. Lionbridge specializes in translations and adapting products to local markets (so called “globalization services”).
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Jump To Comment: 1The pretence used was the disclosing of supposedly "confidential" information in this Anarkismo article. The "secret" information is available here: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts-body-to-fork-out-euro2m-on-interpreters-as-demand-rises-892873.html
and here: http://translatorsassociation.ie/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,36/Itemid,16/
Lionbridge Poland blatantly broke the labor code by firing a protected trade union official. Lionbridge thus joins other multinational companies showing contempt for labor laws of the countries they operate in.
This case will be continued in court and create more adverse publicity that apparently the company is so scared of.