Meanwhile, the act did not cover this mine. The miners' spokesman, Kazimierz Grajcarek, said that there were 21 people underground. He also added that another six people are protesting on the surface.
The spokesman recalled that on Wednesday, a representative of the Bumech Group, which owns Przedsiębiorstwo Górnicze Silesia, met with the miners and declared that the Minister of Energy, Miłosz Motyka, would “contact the protesters by phone.” “No such thing has happened so far,” he noted.
The head of the National Secretariat of Mining and Energy of NSZZ Solidarność, Jarosław Grzesik, is to meet with miners on Thursday.
Miners from Silesia have been protesting since 6 a.m. on Monday. The unions argue that the action is grass-roots and does not constitute a strike.
The protesters are demanding, first of all, that the government cover their company with protective instruments that, from January 1, 2026, the amended Mining Act will provide to employees of companies with State Treasury shareholding that are closing down mines, and that the employer pay the entire amount of this year's Saint's Day holiday and that there be no consequences for the protest.
However, the act does not apply to Silesia, which is a private mine.
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“The president announced that we will submit an amendment to this act soon. I want to uphold this declaration of the president. We are working on it so that before the next session of the Sejm we will take the initiative to change this act to cover all miners,” said presidential minister Karol Rabenda.
Przedsiębiorstwo Górnicze Silesia in Czechowice-Dziedzice is the largest private coal mine in Poland. Its share in the Polish market in 2022 was approximately 3%. in the production of thermal coal and 2.3 percent in total hard coal production.
At the end of November this year. The administrator of the Silesia restructuring estate notified the unions of the intention to make collective redundancies. They would apply to over 750 people working in Silesia.
The Bumech Group, the owner of the PG Silesia company that operates the mine, announced on December 8 this year that it had submitted an offer to lease the Silesia mine to the manager of the PG Silesia restructuring estate. Bumech also declared the takeover of selected employees in accordance with Art. 23(1) of the Labor Code. In this situation, the administrator of the restructuring estate postponed possible layoffs until January.
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