The workers from the hospital HCP Medical Center (employed by the Bresco firm) were not getting paid on time. When it happened again and there wasn't money on the account by 13 November, they went on strike. After two hours the firm declared that it would pay. They went back to work but they got paid only a week later. All of the workers when then given notice and Bresco explained that their contracts were all terminated because of the strike.

Bresco is an employment agency which also specializes in sending personnel to hospitals. It is known in Poland for its anti-worker activity. For example, on March 13, 2003, cleaners, cooks and non-registered nurses who belonged to Solidarity and were employed at the Railway Hospital in Wroclaw held a two hour strike. The main reason they did so was that they were not paid on time. The Bresco firm explained that the hospitals owe them a few million zloty. The conflict was not resolved and on May 28, a strike broke out. The hospital administration had to use soldiers to give out meals in the hospital.