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2026-02-06 10:40
Talks regarding the situation in the Silesia mine did not bring any results. The meeting between the trade union, the Ministry of Energy and the employer, which took place last Wednesday in Katowice, was intended to dispel doubts about compliance with the December 2025 agreement, but the miners are talking about the scandal and demanding the withdrawal of the latest notices. The mine owner, Bumech, denies all accusations and maintains the lease offer.
The nervous atmosphere in the Silesia mine in Czechowice-Dziedzice has been present since January this year, when miners began to inform about the termination of their employment contracts. Zakładowa Solidarność reacted to this with indignation, accusing the owner of PG Silesia of violating the terms of the agreement concluded in December 2025, and at the end of January, an emergency strike was announced in the mine.
Talks regarding the Silesia mine to no avail
It took place on Wednesday, February 4, 2026 in Katowice meeting of trade union organizations operating in PG Silesia, the court manager of the mine, Deputy Minister of Energy Marian Zmarzły and the owner of PG Silesia, the Bumech company. According to Tysol.pl, the talks did not resolve the tense situation of Silesia employees the employer did not explain the decision to terminate. The chairman of NSZZ Solidarność in the mine, Grzegorz Babij, talks about the scandal, demanding the withdrawal of layoffs and respecting the agreement of December 2025 (under which miners were to keep their jobs – editor's note).
After the meeting, Deputy Minister of Energy, Marian Zmarzły, called for dialogue and the adoption of a common position by trade unions operating at PG Silesia. The next meeting is scheduled for February 13 this year, and earlier, on February 10, the miners are organizing a picket at the mine gate.
Bumech maintains the lease of PG Silesia and denies the allegations
In the press release sent to Bankier.pl the owner of PG Silesia, Bumech, confirms its willingness to talkwhich was also expressed by the mine's management and its court administrator. The company reminds that concluded on December 29, 2025. the agreement concerned the lease of an organized part of the enterprisei.e. assets and resources enabling independent running of a business, and the information that this is equivalent to the status of PG Silesia as of December 29 last year is misleading.
Bumech also points out that due to the restructuring of the mine the employer is the court administratorbut the company, as the owner, fulfills its obligations under the agreement and maintains the lease offer; the social side was to be informed about the intention to continue employment on unchanged terms after taking over part of the enterprise.
Traffic in the Silesia mine is limited
The owner of Silesia indicates that the lease condition was the regulation of remuneration rules, which ultimately did not take place, which is why the mine is currently operating in a different mode:
On January 8, 2026, the binding offer for the lease of the Organized Part of the PG Silesia Enterprise, submitted earlier on December 8, 2025, was updated and renewed. One of the original conditions for concluding the ZCP lease agreement was to regulate the principles of remuneration between the Manager and the social party. Discussions in this regard did not lead to a change in the Company's Collective Labor Agreement because one of the trade union organizations found the proposals unacceptable and did not present alternative solutions. Consequently Bumech re-analyzed the workload structure and decided to operate the plant in a system of three production shifts instead of fourguided by the need to maintain the economic rationality of the project. – we read in the press release.
Bumech also reminds that the agreement obliged the government to take legislative action that would provide PG Silesia with support and protection for miners, but so far no changes in the law have been made. The mine is not covered by the Act on the Operation of Hard Coal Mining, despite submitted applications, but the owner intends to maintain continuity of mining.
