●  Physical attack in Błaszki

In August 2023, in Błaszki (Łódzkie Voivodeship), six Latin American migrant workers — a Mexican woman, Rocio Flores, and five Colombians — were threatened with a gun by a representative of the labour agency they worked for. The workers were employed at the Plukon Food chicken processing plant through Jober24, a temporary work agency, and the man was employed by a contractor company cooperating with Jober24. The dispute began when he announced that their shifts at the plant would be extended to 12 hours because of staff shortages; the group refused and demanded the wages they were owed.

According to video of the incident reviewed by Al Jazeera, after a physical altercation with one of the Colombian workers the man walked to his car, pulled out a gun and, while cursing the migrants in Polish, threatened to call the authorities, saying that if the police came they would "get the f*** out" of the country. Four of the six workers were undocumented, which they said was the result of the agency's failure to apply for their permits. Flores said she hid in the bathroom of the house where they were staying and feared she would be killed. The group fled the plant and were taken in by the NOMADA migrant support organisation in Wrocław.

The workers took the video recording to the local police station. Officers located the man but identified him as a Georgian national and said the gun was a toy, and allegedly encouraged the migrants to reconcile with him rather than press charges; police later told Al Jazeera they did not pursue the case because no formal complaint had been filed. Al Jazeera's own review of the video identified the gunman as a Ukrainian. The workers were eventually paid 17 zloty per hour, below the legal minimum wage of 21 zloty at the time. Plukon stated that the man was not directly employed by the company or by Jober24 and that it always pays workers in line with Polish law; Jober24 said an internal review, including consultations with the subcontractor P&S Sierpc, confirmed no wage theft or intimidation.