# This leads statement PAP Deputy Prime Minister Janusz Piechociński #
18.11. Warsaw (PAP) – Deputy Treasury Minister Wojciech Kowalczyk will plenipotentiary. Rectify the situation in the Polish mining industry – said Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz. Within a few days the new attorney will present a modified recovery program for KW – said Deputy Prime Minister Janusz Piechociński.
Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, attended Tuesday afternoon in a meeting in Warsaw CPS “dialogue” with representatives of trade unions in KW. The talks focused on the situation in the company, whose headquarters occupy six days of trade unionists protesting against the lack of funds for payment.
After leaving the meeting Health Minister informed the journalists that the current Deputy Treasury Minister Wojciech Kowalczyk will be the government’s plenipotentiary. Restructuring of coal mining. “It will only be doing the same thing (repair of the situation in the Polish mining industry – PAP), because time is short. This problem must be solved” – stressed the Prime Minister. Kowalczyk will be transferred from the Ministry of the Treasury to the Ministry of Economy. As reported earlier CIR, the task of proxy will include initiating, coordinating and monitoring the actions resulting from the restructuring of the coal sector.
The Prime Minister added that the “overall repair of the Polish mining industry is not without its investment.” “Only it will not be consisted of dosypywaniu money (…). If we talk about the repair, the government did not turn away from that, to (…) suffered their costs,” – she said. Kopacz assessed that “the meeting (with the unions – PAP) was good.” “If we can restructure the Polish mining, fix what is to repair, it will not be such ad-hoc meetings, due to the fact that someone occupying the seat of one or the other company” – she said. In her opinion, it is necessary to complete the repair of the entire system, which – as pointed out – “function has many, many years, because it is based Polish energy security.”
“Both the Prime Minister Kopacz and Deputy Piechociński assured that the December salaries and payments barbórkowe are not at risk” – told PAP section chief coal mining Solidarity Jaroslaw Grzesik.
Unionist reported that “during the meeting, Deputy Piechociński announced that they will be sold Węglokoks four mines: Bobrek-center, Piekary, Chwałowice and Jankowice”. According to Deputy – added Grzesik – the only possible source of raising funds for the continued operation and investment Coal Company.
Grzesik estimated that Solidarity has addressed critical to this proposal, because in her opinion the market is a scattering of coal producers. He said the Deputy Minister Kowalczyk asked for two weeks to a clear understanding of the issues related to the mining rescue program. When asked about whether the occupation is canceled KW, Grzesik said that the first proposals that have died in Warsaw, must be presented to the crews of the mines and then to decide what to do next.
Piechociński told PAP that within a few days of a new commissioner. Rectify the situation in the Polish mining Wojciech Kowalczyk present a modified recovery program for Coal Company, also of the union. “The proxy also got full competence (…) and will continue to the government (for the repair of mining – PAP), appoint a suitable team, which will include a number of deputy ministers” – he said.
Piechociński assured that they are not at risk of employee benefits and Coal Company announced that the Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz adopted from the union’s invitation to Silesia. He said that such a meeting should be held as soon as possible, within 2-3 weeks. Asked by PAP, did not address the other hand, the expression Grzesik on the sale of four mines KW Węglokoks.
Earlier, the Ministry of Economy held a meeting under the Inter-union team. Coal mining.
Since the six days of trade unionists occupy Coal Company established company. With the decisions of what to do next, waiting for the effects of meeting the government team. Mining and meetings among Prime Minister Kopacz.
Occupy Coal Company began on Thursday morning board meeting with the unions. The unions announced then that they were waiting for the arrival of the representative of the government Kopacz its proxies and information on. Plans for further action regarding the industry. Later they sent, among others, two letters to the head of government – the position regarding their assessment of the situation in KW and the industry and inviting the Prime Minister to Katowice.
Representatives of the union announced that they plan to remain in office at least until Tuesday – the information from the meeting of the interministerial team. Mining. On Monday evening, the union leaders also gave it received from the Silesian voivodes Andrew Pilot written invitation to Tuesday’s meeting with the head of the government and the minister of the economy.
The unions indicate that the immediate reason for taking a protest at the headquarters of KW was Thursday’s information board of the lack of funds to pay the December salaries for employees and niepozyskaniu funding for key elements of the recovery plan. According to their accounts submitted by the management alternative would be the closure of several mines and job losses.
After the start of the occupation KW Prime Minister announced later Thursday that will be demanded of the interministerial team. Mining information in connection with the situation in KW, and find solutions. Then I also met with some members of the team.
In recent months, the Coal Company faced the specter of bankruptcy. As reported in mid-September, the president Mirosław Taras, of the 14 mines its profitability remained three. Profit after six months was minus 342.3 million zł, compared to 228.7 million zł loss the year before. The difficult situation also applies to other mining companies.
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