PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT/WROCLAW LABOR OFFICE/PGR ADVERTISING/USE OF PULL/UNAUTHORIZED LABOR RECRUITMENT

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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2005
• Sequence Number: 95
• Publication Date: March 30, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SutlJE3 i Frocadttr~e for Oh :,.Ca1ag 1 pLoyn rit/%lroc1av Labor
Of'flce/iGR Adverii. i .ng/lice of', Pull/ihmuthorized
Labor Recruitment
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Rise-in Unonploymvnt
"i:nrly thi>b year L195 , there i!iG quite a rise in unemployment in Sileuio.
A good number of work Ara were .laid off in numerous factories and enterprinen,
Ail, for irntnnce, to he Wroclaw gas worke 1 Other factories developed a
policy ofiirii no n~>'+ employcca. Harry employees had to undergo reolaooifi-.
cation tTrtd, accent 1na4r wozea, thin vr.o the result of
the Jsaueaefyr 19153 tfotititm.r Aefor>;n.
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vor era vhq have to Join the Army, but in practice, when these Rimy veterans
report backito their former csnployors, they are offered only very Poorly
dohs oz the i henvicct kind of -;ark.
the roc.lav labor Ofilde i.uro zatr ienia . Th" office
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is in the Wrocl- v to~;r hail iu the 61 e*a wing in tdiich the military recruiting
office (WXR) hx3 its office on the second floor.
Wrocia ? Labor Or?ice
4. "The labor office htz very limited office space. ibere is a long, narrow
coerid= durum the middle vtere long) ueues of people wait all day long for
jobs. The entrance is guarded by a oil and rather slow doorkeeper and clerk,
,Mho collet` a Job aupllcatione and the required identification cards from
candidates. Every 15 or 20 mi.nutesl e takes a stack of then into the various
sections cf the labor office.
covered with and dragged is by peopl?'e feet and was very dirty. The only
plane %here you could Pit da5ra we.a on one bench, occupied by semi-invalids.
6. "A11. caaadidatth oust ream right in the corridor as they nay be called into
an. cffice at any !sinute. If you are not there when your now is called, you
may have to ? sit for a few more hour. before it is called again.
7e "As a rule, the `ftiting time is fr. two to three hours. While waiting,
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corridor ''ails on blackboards. during the approximately
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being eAvertleed, suc suejoba in' coal min stone quarries, or unskiale4
jobs in the chemical industry.
E~.4R PosPoster3
8. "As in msry other public Ofti.ces, there were in the labor office large and
very nicely dons PCR posters on disp],q, These colorful posters called
upon everyone to join the estates and offered very tempting acaditiops. flow-
ever, not many people on the waiting lists t'ere attracted by these posters as
it has become coon knowledge in Fo]end that', these offers are specious.
When someone fell tor the offer, he 'M'ould find upon reporting tp.the PGR
that there were special conditions golverning its aotivttiea peculiar to just
thin PGR. {
Section Division in Labor Office
9, When the t6n oz' throe hours are up; the canal-date is finally called into
one, of the four cectio;ls of the labs-. office. The four sections are as
(dj section for re-male vorkeru.
The fourth section tskee care of xll
profession or skill.
b) section for unskilled workers;
(c` section for factory 'and office s. ,loyeoa
(a) section for skilled *nrkera
First St&ge. Iatbor Off Intrvie_
female vorkurs, rogardlecs of
10. The interyiew with the labor office 'employee, usually a female, is rather
short:. The eand9.date in asked a few a1dditional details. about his, gnalifi-
cations. His identification card is checked against , his. personal appear-
nce and in cone:. union the candidate i1a handed a list of available jobs.
There are alvraya now job vacancies wh!ieh nobs 'wants ce t. The"
jobs are 'very hard with very low 'vageai.
it 1.20 to 1.60 zlotys an hour. Such,, income of approximately 250 to 300 zlotys a month. Alter dcd*Mns~- for
i. xes and various duos, what romaine i not enough co live onC~n':
11. `When and if the oaadidate finds a suitable job, he receives a spacial
letter from the labor office. The Poliah term for this latter is skierowanie.
This is the end of the first phase ofi ob-hunting.
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13. "liven after going through this second phase of application 'the candidate,
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abroad.
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Second Stage: Interview with Prospective F=lyer
12. The next phase Is 'chnanelled through the office of the future employer.
Once again, all identii'ication papers must be submitted. The candidate has
to write a new application, together with a curriculum vitae, and fill n a
special questionnaire. This latter consists of about 20 questions doaiiag
with all aspects of his political viewpoint. He has to state whether he was
or is a bar of the Communist party or wheth he' has 'participated 'inI a y ' '
other political activities. - He has to answer sane questibns hbbut'his
father's political background. He is also asked' whether he?has relatives
female employees of the labor office. Some of these females are rather nice-
looking girls who enjoy flattery. It a candidate succeeds in winning one of
them over to his side, he will be admitted to tie chief of the section. The
chief has a compl.c'tca list of job vacancies which is not available to the
section employees under him. Furthermore, the chief has to have a list of
special vacancies ready in case a Party big shot calls him requestin? a
favor for onej of his', re.lativee.
Unauthorized Employment Recruiters
ay no
e accepted for the vacancy. There are two methods of refusing him
employment. One is to claim that the job has-been filled in the meanI',Ie.`'
The other is! to offer the candidate a very different kind of job from tYte
one originally presented at the labor office, with certain'eonditiona ttached
tj which thecandidate cannot possibly agree.
Use of Pull
"As in all other countries, there are ways of getting a job more quickly by
using pull. One way of doing this is to make ' good contact with one of the
15. "Life is not always as dull in the labor office corridors as described above.
From time to time, hiring-agents'show up for reruitment purposes. not all
of them are officially admitted. An agent ,rorking on behalf of a private'
enterprise orlcoming,from an area not coming under this special labor office
has to use underhand methods in recruiting.
16. The following incident happened vhil
eE~L.II ting for a job. An agent
from the PGR team in the Legnica district appedred in the Wroclaw labor I'
office. He offered very good emp...oyment conditions, promising at least 700
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oard. At the same time, another agent appeared, this one from the Jelenia
25X1 Gora district,! offertnr, even better conditions. I Thirty-two candidates
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17. "When the.32 arrived at the railway station the next day, it became evident
that the 'recruitment' officer did not have a aingle penny in his possession.
Only a card for admission Co the platform was given to each candidate. ere
was rauch excitement on the train, but when the recruiting agent produced is
identity card,ithe candidates were allowed to remain on the train.
18. 'junce there, conditions on the PGR seemed very d~.fferont from what had been
?romised. The first payment offered wan 500 zlotys, from which 360 zlotys
.here deducted for canteen and housing expenses. Housing consisted of
wooden barracks, wi*h'severa? people to one roan Straw sacks with atrav
pillows were used as beds,. Everybody was issued a blanket and a "piece of
sheet'. (At each inventory,?a certain number of sheets had to be Accounted
tor. Consequently, the storekeepers frequently tamed to make .zp.fgr'~lout sheets' by tearing other sheets into several pieces.)
19. ' for seeing that the true situation was, on .y three, of, the candidates
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rr.,mained on the FOR. !All the others diappeared irithin the next few` days,.
some of them taking with them POR possessions, such as blankets; blaankete...
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20. "Authorized ogents also shoied?up in the labor office acrridoWs frap?Ume:to
time. Tbey were. pri rilyj recruitment officers S'roo nom l mines mr? AtbQ
a? kur~,r
eaten iiea of vital i$portsace- to the? Sta:e? vhich.'needcd:labor" In
' ese , agsats,'vere permitted to: recruit 'cimdl doted Vlt tDut ?goif :tbrougk4,
iabor? office. formelities."
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