On Wednesday, the board Company did not accept the union version of the agreement on, among others, salaries in the company and introduced a new version of the document, modifying his earlier proposals. On Thursday the talks are to be continued with the energy minister Krzysztof Tchórzewski. This will probably be the last meeting of the board with the social side – and then compounds have to make a decision on the agreement, after consultation with the mining crews.
this agreement is one of the elements leading to the creation of Polish Mining Group (PGG), which from the beginning of May will take over the mines and factories faced with problems Company. Acceptance social site for business PGG expect, among others, investors who are involved in the Group for a total of 1.5 billion zł.
“Maybe on Friday but most likely on Monday, we go out to the crews of telling whether the crew are willing to accept an agreement (…). We’ll go out to the people and the people decide – probably in the referendum – whether they want it (benefits – PAP) to give “- told reporters after Wednesday’s talks the head of the Solidarity Company Boguslaw Hutek.
on Monday, the board proposed a suspension of payment most of the additional benefits to miners (including the so-called. Fourteenth salary coal equivalent and allowance for school aids for employees who have children) for three years. In response, organizations filed Wednesday own project, not accepting the proposals of the board. During Wednesday’s discussions the Board modified its position, proposing – as representatives of the parties to admit if only informally – differences in payment – or not – listed in agreement benefits depending on the situation of the mine.
“in order to meet the social prepared a second version of the agreement; this agreement in the second version also allows the execution of business objectives and the launch of the Polish Group Mining. the rest is secret negotiations”, – he said after talks Company president Tomasz Rogala.
“a new proposal is worse than the previous one and can lead to the fact that the squat crew all mines “- commented Hutek, according to which – he said – the new proposal” came out of the ministry “(energy – PAP). “Today, I can say that I, as Boguslaw Hutek, such a proposal which takes whatever people did not sign,” – declared the head of the “S” in the Company, when asked whether it is possible to consent compounds on the differentiation of the benefits depending on the condition of the mine.
last year, there were three profitable with 11 mines Company, and another two have a chance for quick access to profitability . PGG business plan assumes that at the end of next year, all mines should operate without losses, and the whole company should achieve the result referred to as “zero plus” or a small profit. This, according to representatives of KW, also requires changes in the system of remuneration of employees.
The unions estimate that suspending payment additives (except for salaries would be disbursed only bonus barbórkowa) board wants to save approx. 350 million zł per year, and each worker would lose at least a few hundred dollars a month – basic wages would not be indeed reduced, but the lack of coal equivalent, the annual bonus ( “fourteen”) and other benefits would mean a real decrease in the annual salary of approx. 10 percent.
Hutek said that after Thursday meeting with the Minister unionists will meet again in their midst, and in the following days, inform the crew of the mining complex proposals during the so-called. mass rallies in the mines. Later on acceptance or rejection of the agreement the miners would have to decide in a referendum. In Thursday’s talks in Katowice – which announced on Wednesday the representatives of KW and trade – will be attended by Energy Minister Krzysztof Tchórzewski.
Polish Mining Group is to start on May 1; as previously reported representatives of the Company, this term stems from the need to ensure the company’s financial liquidity, including funds for payments to miners. Its commitment to PGG, a total of 1.5 billion zł, declared PGE, Energa and PGNiG Termika. However, one of the conditions of engagement of investors is to achieve profitability of coal mines at the end of next year and reach agreement with the social side – hence the talk about the changes in the system of remuneration of employees.
previously, union representatives declared that they are willing to talk about concessions also in the sphere of workers, but first the government should implement a previously declared “system solutions” and the conclusions of a recent audit Coal Company, which found areas of possible savings. If this is not enough, the fall would be back to talk about the changes in remuneration. As part of an ongoing labor dispute KW compounds posed the demand to maintain this year’s average monthly wages in the Company at last year’s level.
the unions also stressed that the government should live up to the commitments contained in the agreement of 17 January last year, signed by the government of Ewa Kopacz. Miners got him a guarantee that when the mines KW go to another company, their salaries and privileges are preserved.
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