Saturday, February 14, 2015

The miners have suspended the strike at JSW – Polish Radio

The miners have suspended the strike at JSW – Polish Radio


  President Jarosław Zagórowski during a press conference of the Board JSW , photo: PAP / Marek Cold
 

union spokesman Peter Szereda told reporters before the Jas-Mos mine, it’s not the end of the strike, but only suspension. Miners return to protest if the president JSW Jaroslaw Zagórowski not resign, as declared on Friday.

– The strike is suspended because the workers do not believe the President Zagórowski you. If Tuesday (then meet the supervisory board of JSW) do not and will not be canceled, I can guarantee that they will return on Wednesday miners to strike – said Szereda.
on Friday signed an agreement with the board of JSW – which is to give the company zł savings of 280-300 million – was signed on Friday evening after a day of ongoing negotiations and consultations. Later unionists to the agreement went into crews.

The unions: a success
According to trade union, protest is a success, because showed that the “miners worth talking” and people that are willing to make sacrifices. Sami miners strike ended journalists said they are tired, but satisfied with the content of the agreement. – Waiting wife and child. But we have to wait until Tuesday, which will Zagórowski – said one of them. “We won!” – Shouted another. Resignation
President was one of the main trade union demands. Zagórowski on Friday declared his resignation, but under certain conditions. – This problem is still personal hangs over us and expects solutions – said after signing the agreement the mediator in negotiations b. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour Komołowski Longin. He recalled that the agreement was sent to the supervisory board, which meets on Tuesday.

The company will save 300 million zł
According to the agreement, the company is expected to save 280-300 million zł, the board wanted to save more than 500 million zł. The unions say that the agreement – whose purpose is to lead the company’s simple – mean for the miners about 20 different kinds of sacrifices. According Szeredy, the agreement means that some miners in the coming years will be earned by 15-20 percent. less.
– We are glad that we are in the hands of the agreement. This document, which in our opinion would allow for it to end the strike. On the other hand, as we said from the very beginning, as a prerequisite for further – President Zagórowskiego in this company can not be – said Roman Brudziński of Solidarity.

According to him sacrifices scale miners in the agreement “is unique in the recent years in Poland “. He noted that it was necessary to heal the company. – The staff will decide if we break the strike and wait for word (Zagórowskiego) or wait on – Brudziński added. The unions believe that many previous declarations president broke.
How rated government plenipotentiary. mining Wojciech Kowalczyk, negotiated agreement is good news for the company and its employees, and the savings determined from zł 300 million a year will allow for the healing of the situation in JSW and save jobs.

Key decisions
– The key is to agree to a 14-salary dependence on the results of the company. It is pleasing that the trade unions accept that changes are needed for healing JSW. The parties agreed in August at the need for a 6-day work week. Now the most important thing is that the trade unions ended a strike, so that the miners on Monday able to return to work and not to expose JSW further losses – he added.
On Friday morning, the unions signed a memorandum of understanding with the board, and later a permanent union consultation draft agreement.
Party came to a compromise on most issues. Eg. According to the protocol of the fourteenth year salary will be in the middle depends on the financial situation of the company. Fourteen for the previous year is to be paid in two installments.

Terms of outgoing President
Declaring resign Zagórowski said that he would do it, if three conditions are met: the signing of an agreement , crews return to work on Monday and clarify a point on the extension of the working week mines from five to six days – while maintaining a five-day week of each of the miners. Today, for work on days off miners receive much higher pay. The introduction of a six day week would mean the loss of part of the earnings.
unions reported that, contrary to the will of Zagórowskiego, the matter has not been clarified in any way in the agreement. – This item was recorded in intentions. It is not entirely clarified. We have the time to the end of 2015. – Brudziński said.
strike in the mines JSW lasted from January 28. Began after the announcement by the board of a savings plan. Since that time, the company stopped production.

Do you pay for union members on strike?
JSW President reiterated that it will continue demanded compensation from union leaders to be illegal – in his assessment – a strike. According to the board, every day is zł 27 million loss in revenue. Miners have it to work out the free days. The company also announced a lawsuit against the union leaders. Gliwice court found that the JSW “prima facie evidence to be unlawful behavior ‘union. Executives
but do not intend to punish the miners, but – as pointed Zagórowski – for the time to strike is not entitled to compensation. He added that if employees want compensation for it must be returned to the organizers of the strike.

PAP, abo

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