Polish workers hope arrival of new factories will push wages up

THE Procter & Gamble plant in Lodz is a massive facility housing a Gillette shaving products factory in a special economic zone on the south-western suburbs of the Polish city.

It opened last year, replacing jobs from Gillette plants shut down in Berlin, Isleworth and Hemel Hempstead in England, and a smaller facility in the centre of Lodz.

In 18 months, Procter and Gamble will move another 280 jobs from Ireland to yet another Lodz plant, one hour’s drive from the city centre at Alekxandrow Lodsky.