Union of the Pharmacists Employees of the Republic of Poland in the Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939) Cover Image

Związek Zawodowy Farmaceutów Pracowników Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na terenie województwa pomorskiego (1919–1939)
Union of the Pharmacists Employees of the Republic of Poland in the Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–1939)

Author(s): Wojciech Ślusarczyk
Subject(s): Social history, Labor relations, Health and medicine and law, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: Union of the Pharmacists Employees of the Republic of Poland; Pomeranian Voivodeship; labor rights;

Summary/Abstract: The Union of Pharmacists Employees of the Polish Republic (1919–1939) was a nationwide organization representing pharmaceutical staff employed primarily in private pharmacies. Its statutory objectives were: defense of material, moral and low interests of pharmacists working in pharmacies, laboratories, chemical and pharmaceutical factories, and institutions of a similar type, striving to achieve better working conditions, and improving the whole affairs of the pharmaceutical profession. In the interwar period, in Pomorskie voivodship existed local branches of this organization: Branch of Wloclawek, Branch of Pomerania, Branch of Bydgoszcz and Branch of Gdynia. Forms of their activities were: lectures and discussions about labor rights and of scientific issues, financial support for the poor people (mainly for pharmacists), and other social affairs, assistance in finding employment for pharmacists, and also striving for respected and improvement of working conditions in pharmacies.

  • Issue Year: 28/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 45-62
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish