Coal Company no longer has time for negotiations, the government’s recovery plan is on Thursday presented the crews of mine – says Krzysztof Sędzikowski president of KW. Reserves that has the responsibility of compounds and indicates a solution in the plan to protect workers. , photo:
She told about it on Thursday morning Silesian-Dabrowska Solidarity.
The government on Wednesday approved a rescue plan for the Coal Company. The document states, inter alia, that the ability of the company ran out of funding and without restructuring it will fall within a month. Among the solutions identified liquidation 4 Coal Company mines, the transfer of 6 thousand. people to other plants and cover for 5.2 thousand. redundant.
underground mine Brzeszcze protest began on Wednesday after the second change. Dozens of miners decided not to leave the surface after use. On Thursday morning protest at the plant at 640 meters below ground lead – according to the relationship – approx. 400 miners.
on strike additional mines
Press śląsko Solidarity dąbrowskiej PAP also sent that on Thursday morning, January 8 similar protest began in Bobrek-Centrum mine. After the end of the night shift has not left dozens of miners to the surface. The remaining 840 meters underground. Similarly, in Gliwice mine Sośnica-Makoszowy. There, at the level of 700 meters underground protest began 30 miners
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“The closure of the mine unfounded”
The President of Solidarity mine, Stanislaw Kłyś, said Wednesday the Polish Radio 24 that the protest is spontaneous and was not prepared by the unions. However talked on the phone with the protesters at the bottom. As he spoke, the reasons are obvious action – the miners do not agree to the liquidation of the mine. Stanislaw Kłyś argued that the mine has Brzeszcze perspective of functioning. This is documented in the restructuring program, prepared by the management of the establishment, there is a question about the fact that next year will be profitable mine – argued unionist.
Stanislaw Kłyś said that the government’s arguments about the unprofitable plant are unfounded. He noted that the Cabinet decision would understand the PO-PSL, if not – as he says – the fact that the mine is ready to fedrowania deposits.
factory workers are of the opinion that the decision of the Ministry of Economy is political. Solidarity representatives arrived in the evening under the ground to determine the crew of a common position on the protest.
compounds: the decision to schedule the protests
On Thursday the unions announced the decision to schedule of protests in the mining industry and the region of Silesia and dąbrowski. As they say, include Wednesday’s announcement of succession of the Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz to refer to the Parliament urgently law on restructuring the mining industry.
representatives of Silesian Solidarity emphasize that the law assumes liquidation of mines and thousands of jobs. Emphasize, however, that their protest is also connected with that of other industries operating in the region, including or reinforcing steel.
President KW: there is no time for negotiations
Coal Company no longer has time for negotiations, the government’s recovery plan is on Thursday presented the crews mines – says the president of KW Krzysztof Sędzikowski. Reserves that has the responsibility of compounds and indicates a solution in the plan to protect workers. – The Board will implement this program. I fully endorse this program under – declared on Thursday meeting with journalists Sędzikowski. He added that on Thursday, two members of the board says crews plan assumptions; They went to the four planned to mine closure. With staff also speak directors and representatives of supervision.
In an interview with reporters Thursday Sędzikowski referred to the existing mining principle that “what is weak, pulls up, and what a strong – supports”. – You have to understand, because the situation threatens bankruptcy of the entire company – warned. He stressed that stakeholders understand the emotions r elated to the situation of the company. – I count on union leaders sense not to heat up (the situation) – pointed.
Sędzikowski stressed that the first element of the plan which determines his success is “cut off most unprofitable assets”, ie the transfer of Mine Restructuring Company (SRK) bets: Menyanthes -center, Sośnica-Makoszowy, Brzeszcze and Peace. Total (including mine Piekary having to hit the company Węglokoks-country) they generate 80 percent. losses of the company.
In three of these first plants on Thursday continued underground protest. It even began Wednesday Brzeszcz miners (on Thursday, according to union underground protest approx. 400 people), then this form of protest has taken a few dozen miners Bobrka-center and approx. 30 Sośnicy-Makoszów.
Kowalczyk Deputy Minister will meet with representatives of the mining trade
On Friday in Warsaw Wojciech Kowalczyk Deputy Minister will meet with representatives of the mining trade unions Coal Company. As for the discussion today by the government adopted a recovery program of the company.
This is another attempt to modernize mining
The government held on Wednesday a plan, which is to save the Polish mines . Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz announced at the conference summarizing 100 days of his government that tomorrow or the next day to the Parliament will act on the restructuring of the mines. The complex is a parliamentary proposal to shorten the proceeding.
In response, the government on Wednesday KW Recovery Plan envisages liquidation of 4 mines, the transfer of 6 thousand. people and covers for 5.2 thousand. redundant.
The outline of the recovery plan assets Coal Company estimates the cost of its implementation zł 2.3 billion, 1.4 billion in 2015. and 0.9 billion in 2016. The persistence of the current situation by 2020. the need to recover the economy will charge 10-25 zł billion loss, depending on the price of coal.
Kowalczyk of KW: without restructuring “chaotic” bankruptcy
The alternative of not implementing Plan for Coal Company is uncontrolled, chaotic bankruptcy Company – said Wednesday at a press conference the Government Plenipotentiary. restructure coal Wojciech Kowalczyk.
– An alternative to the non-implementation of this plan is uncontrolled, chaotic bankruptcy Coal Company “- he said.
The Company will fedrować 6 days a week
The program is also – as he said Kowalczyk – to build a profitable mining company, which – as pointed out – is to extract coal on economic principles and increase new coal mining companies, among others, through the introduction of a six day week.
– does not mean that the miners will work six days, the miners will work five days, but the company will fedrować for six days a week. We do not expect any work on Sunday, “- said Kowalczyk.
Kowalczyk reported that Coal Company employs more than 49 thousand. People.” The average cost of production is 316 zł per ton, the cost of coal sales is approx. 250, respectively. Loss on sales for the first 11 months of last year, it is more than 1 billion 100 million. Liabilities Coal Company at the moment is approx. 4 billion 200 million zł “- said attorney.
The plan provides for the production of extinction in 4 mines, a great role Węglokoks
” Viewing the following solutions. Four coal mines we want to convey to the restructuring of the company mines to quench extraction. Piekary mine is acquired by Węglokoks SA, the other nine mines in two stages will be moved to the new SPV Coal Company capitalized in the first stage by Węglokoks. (…) This company financially backed ultimately by Węglokoks and potentially market-based energy sector companies at an early stage of its existence will reduce the production costs of the more than 300 zł to approx. 260 gold “- said Kowalczyk
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KW liquidity risk of total loss of the end of January
The document adopted by the government states, inter alia, that the TA may cause complete loss of liquidity by the end of January, the company recently brought zł 200 million loss from operating activities per month, while a ton of coal produced an average of 42 KW dopłacała zł, while in November, this figure reached 66 zł. In the 11 months of 2014. on coal sales KW lost 1 billion 140 million zł, and commitment to the end of November reached 4.2 billion zł.
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Available economically and legally possibilities of financing activities KW exhausted, omission restructuring will lead to the bankruptcy process within a month – we read in the plan. It is estimated that in its current form KW is not able to function because of the onerous burden assets and nieperspektywicznymi – four worst mines generate 80 percent. loss.
However, the mere transfer them to liquidate not improve the situation, because the liquidity gap until mid-February will exceed 500 million zł, and the end of May will reach 950 million. It is therefore proposed additional measures.
Transfer 9 or prospective profitable mines to the SPV
authors of the plan argue that the same approach to all 14 KW mines indicators deteriorated even three profitable – Marcel, Piast and Ziemowic. The four least profitable mines in terms of cost per unit of energy extraction – Brzeszcze, Sośnica-Makoszowy, Peace and Menyanthes-center – during the last three years invested 700 million zł. The plan therefore
transfer 9 or prospective profitable mines to the SPV, tentatively called New KW, commercialization costs, corrective actions, the use of an external investor – Węglokoks who buys a tenth of the mine and the possibility of acquisition of shares in the new company by companies in the energy sector . The company will be put in a 6-day work week (that is still five days of work, but laid out for 6 days a week) and change the remuneration system – the part of the fixed and variable, dependent on the results.
Contrast, four unprofitable mines have hit Mine Restructuring Company to quench activity. One of mine is to be bought directly by Węglokoks.
package shielding for employees
plan provides shielding package for employees of the liquidated mines. 2,100 people, where the missing miners retirement less than four years of leave to be covered by mining – the acquisition of pension rights will get 75 percent. salary with extra self-employed or work outside the mining industry.
3100 people to be covered by the voluntary one-off allowances. Is about to leave. 400 underground workers who will be entitled to 24-fold salary, and approx. 1,100 people with the right treatment to 10 times earnings. For 160 0 other employees at the check-in area is expected to be 3.6 times the salary.
Addition Out of KW to be covered by the provisions of the Act, which provides for additional clearance, as well as dedicated MLSP program.
Changes are inevitable KW
Repair Coal Company is inevitable. That is the view of the economist Dariusz Wozniak School of Business in Nowy Sacz.
expert emphasizes that we can not afford to constantly subsidize unprofitable mines. “A lot of them have no economic reason to exist in the world because you can buy cheaper coal than in Poland and we can not afford to constantly pay extra for this sector,” – he added. The economist believes that the Coal Company will sooner or later threatens bankruptcy because in his opinion, the government should take action in support of the miners, who will have to say goodbye to this work.
Mining pillar of the Polish economy
Bartlomiej Nowak from Kozminski University points out that the restructuring of the coal industry spans more than 20 years. Energy expert adds that there are cases in which a private investor in the Czech Republic took over from the state unprofitable mines, which later became profitable. Among the problems of mining specialist also mentioned poor management of individual companies, overstaffed and trade union activities. Bartlomiej Nowak reserves, however, that the preparation of a good plan for mining is a difficult task, which is not fared previous governments.
The expert reminds that mining for many years has been a pillar of the Polish economy. Over 25 years ago, was mined in Poland, about 170 million tons of coal, and the entire industry employed approximately 400,000 people. Since then, both production and employment steadily falling.
According to the Geological Institute in 2013 excavated in Poland more than 68 million tons of coal.
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“The government does not reform the mining industry”
Paul Cymcyk with ING TFI believes that turn mining industry this year will not live to see the necessary changes, because no government decides on such a major change in an election year. The expert adds that this means another year of omissions and mining subsidies from the state budget.
Paul Cymcyk stresses that the mining industry desperately needs reforms that would enhance the competitiveness of the sector and it gained independence from political decisions.
Experts critical of the government’s plan for KW
The largest coal company in Europe will cease to exist. They will be releasing, but also high clearance. These are the main assumptions of the government’s plan to rectify the situation in the Coal Company.
President of the Institute for Sustainable Development, Andrew Kassenberg notes that the rescue of the coal sector consists of all Poles. According to the caller IAR, the public are not aware of how much money carbon energy costs.
According to the ecologist should consider a gradual abandonment of coal and switch to the so-called renewable energy sources. These, in the opinion of Andrew Kassenberg can provide redundant miners work.
Energy Expert, Andrew Szczęśniak believes that the plan presented by the government is a continuation of 20-year-old in attempting to reform the mining sector. According to him, government proposals like Jerzy Buzek plan several years ago.
One of the main causes of the problems of Polish mining, according to the caller IAR is the policy of the European Union, which condemns coal. Expert praised the announced consolidation of carbon and energy industries. However, in his opinion, the success depends on the successful restructuring of both sectors.
compounds: without dialogue ws. Protests mining restructuring will
Before the conference, Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz mining unions demanded withhold any sector restructuring activities before agreeing them with representatives of the mining crews. Otherwise threaten protests, including the general strike.
The main message of the letter-Strike and Protest Staff Mining Central Trade Union to Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, who sent Wednesday Silesian-Dabrowska Solidarity.
– Staff refrain from any action requested before agreeing their restructuring with representatives of the mining crews. At the same time we want to be stressed that the continued lack of social dialogue will force us to take decisive action Protest-strike to defend jobs in the mining industry – highlighted in the list of trade unionists.
– We are ready for all forms of protest, conventional and unconventional, the strike including general and the protest will not only mines – stated head of mining Solidarity Jaroslaw Grzesik.
In Wednesday’s letter to Ewa Kopacz representatives of Staff Protest-strike cite, among others, on earlier statements of government officials that the restructuring industry will not be associated with the liquidation of mines and firing employees. Indicate that the opposing signals come from the media reports on the assumptions of a recovery plan for the Coal Company. Resolution ws. Plan is one of the points of Wednesday’s meeting of the Council of Ministers.
– In view of the disturbing media reports that the government prepared a rescue plan for the coal mining industry has assumed liquidation of mines and firing workers, Staff recalls the declarations made public by the Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who acknowledging the social right side, made a promise to take immediate action to repair our sector, and declared that this process will not involve the liquidation of mines and firing employees 211; Ewa Kopacz posted to the unions.
It is important to the issue of supply
pointed at the fact that there have been carried out to ensure the Prime Minister Donald Tusk – also upheld by the addressee of the letter – the first government to take action to counter excessive coal imports from outside the EU, and consider the possibility of temporarily suspension or reduction of the burden of public companies affected by the crisis. Analyses were also relate to the change in the system of charges for the Polish mining industry.
Unions have established in a letter to the November meeting with the head of the government and the Deputy Prime Minister Janusz Piechocińskim, which on their part had to fall declarations “reliable and honest consultation objectives of the new program (for Company – PAP) and the final arrangements with the representatives of the trade unions. “
– also regret to say that you had failed to fulfill the promise of a complex meeting with mining union centrals. Today, once again, the mining unions about the objectives of the new program learn from media reports. It’s not that social dialogue should look like – stressed the union representatives.
According to earlier reports, take the resolution on. New recovery plan for the Coal Company were among Wednesday’s cabinet meeting points. So far, the establishment plan were not disclosed. Plan prepared in recent weeks team. Operation of mining under the leadership of the Government Plenipotentiary. Restructuring Wojciech Kowalczyk coal. Its reviewer is to be among Economic Council to the Prime Minister.
As declared in last year’s interview with PAP Kowalczyk, the priority is to create a recovery plan Polish mining model for the future and ensuring the safety of miners.
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