The workers of the Gdansk shipyard
Poland - a sound and photographic project, with Cécile Liège.
Thirty years after Solidarność, Gdańsk shipyard workers face unsafe conditions, low wages, and the quiet weight of a struggle unfinished.
Gdańsk Shipyard: The Last Days
Thirty years after the collapse of “real socialism,” working conditions at the Gdańsk shipyard have deteriorated sharply. Once the birthplace of Solidarność, where strikes reshaped a nation, the shipyard now teeters on the edge of obsolescence.
The gains fought for in the 1980s — safety, fair wages, regulated hours — remain largely unrealized in a privatized, profit-driven system.
Workers navigate unsafe conditions, ignored regulations, and minimal protections, their labor undervalued.
Fatigue, resignation, and quiet frustration pervade daily life. History presses on the present, and the struggle that once inspired a nation now continues, muted and eroded by economic pressures.
This work has been exhibited with a sound report from Cécile Liège.
