The unions against the liquidation of the Wujek coal mine; KHW: no such decision – Onet.pl

 
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  The unions are protesting against the elimination of Uncle
 
 
 

After Thursday’s masówkach, during which about your concerns compounds inform the crew on Friday unionists held a press conference before the Silesia mine, which is part of Uncle located in Ruda Slaska. They argued why – in their opinion – KHW management seeks to transfer the facility to the Company Restructuring Mines (NDS) for disposal.

– Prolonged tender procedures for the reinforcement of the walls and rozcinkę decks, reduced coal sales and less and less space for its storage, lack of decision authority mining on the operation plan for the mine last survey, in which the holding company asks staff about it, if they want to take advantage of the benefits osłonnych – all arranged in a single unit – calculated the head of the Solidarity Rudzka mine Piotr Bienek.

According to the union, the board of holding company activities lead to the deterioration of the economic performance of the mine. They argued that if further large group of miners from KHW (unions estimate it even 1.5 thousand. People) declares willingness to voluntary redundancy and use the benefits, the board of the holding company will want to pass a separate part of the property along with declaring a desire to leave employees to SRK. The unions are convinced that the management holding company strives to be closed in this way, mine was just Silesia, Katowice and in the future also part of the mine, or uncle.

Representatives of the holding company does not respond directly to questions about the future of the mine Wujek and intent of the board to both parts of this employs a total of approx. 3.1 thousand. people bet. Spokesman holding Wojciech Jaros on Thursday assured that no decisions on the transformation of the Wujek coal mine or any of its parts. Has claimed the fact that all decisions relating to corrective action KHW must be consistent with the plan owner, ie the State Treasury – on behalf of the charge of the mining companies by the Ministry of Energy.

Jaros also assured that the voluntary survey, which was received on Friday, employees of all mines holding company, is to give the board some research on the scale of interest enveloping benefits under the Act on the functioning of the mining industry. This does not directly – by representatives of the KHW – the matter of the future of the mine Wujek. Another sentences are trade unionists, who remind that employees can take advantage of the benefits only after he and separate assets go to SRK.

spokesman for the holding company advises that the company restructuring, with staff to be transferred to one of the shafts of the Katowice mine Wieczorek. Trade unionists from the mine Wujek, however, have information that the case stalled because the windows Poniatowski does not meet the requirements of transmitting to SRK. The more points that – in their opinion – the fact that the holding company may transfer to the company’s other assets – mine Silesia.

Although a spokesman for the holding company emphasizes that decisions on the shape of the recovery program belong to the owner of the mines, ie the Ministry of Energy, the unions believe that in the case of the mine Wujek is a management holding company acts against her and seeks to close it. – We have the impression that the board continues the policy of the previous government, that restructuring through liquidation of mines and jobs; management acts in the opposite direction than the current government – rated Stephen Kasiński from August 80.

The unions emphasize that mine uncle – also its Rudzka part, where in the past there has been one of the biggest mining disasters – is now the safest and the plant abandoned coal mining in the most dangerous areas.

on Friday, all less than a 14-thousandth of the crew holding company received a questionnaire with questions about their possible desire to take advantage of shielding solutions offered by the amendment to the law on the functioning of coal mining. It introduced for employees of restructured (after transfer to NDS) mines possibility of using eg. With a maximum four-year leave mine for the miners underground and (for three years) of workers in coal processing. Another option is a one-time severance pay in the amount of 12, 8 or 4-times the average monthly salary (depending on the date of termination of employment) for people with whom employment contract is terminated by mutual agreement of the parties not later than the end of 2018.

the situation Wujek said during the March meeting with journalists in Katowice, government plenipotentiary. restructuring of coal mining, Deputy Minister of energy Grzegorz Tobiszowski. He admitted that in a few years it will be necessary to consider the future of the mine, while retaining its historical significance – at the beginning of the martial law of militia bullets killed nine miners there.

– We know that Uncle is a mine, which has its historical importance, but in terms of access to resources and perspective – you have to keep in mind that the mine will no longer mine “pulling” holding structure – the deputy minister said. – Rather, we need to think about how to use these people (employed there); in the perspective of 4-5 years you will have to think about it, not to lose the symbol Uncle, and also take advantage of human potential that is there – he added Tobiszowski.

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