There is an agreement at PG Silesia. Bumech will lease the mine, and the employees will be protected

The agreement on the protection of PG Silesia employees was signed on Monday afternoon as part of the Tripartite Team for the Social Security of Miners.

The agreement includes, among others: on the one hand, guarantees of allocation for the employees of PG Silesia – in the event of its bankruptcy or liquidation – to the mines of Polska Grupa Górnicza and Południowy Holding Węglowy, and on the other hand, the owner's declaration regarding the further operation of the mine under the lease of its assets.

The meeting of the tripartite team, which started on Monday morning, was attended by, among others: Minister of Energy Miłosz Motyka.

The government will protect the private mine

The Mining Act is to be amended to cover employees of PG Silesia – such declarations by the government result from the agreement signed on Monday afternoon as part of the Tripartite Team for Social Security of Miners

According to the text of the agreement, its parties are the social side, represented by unions operating through the participants of Monday's tripartite team, and the government side, with the participation of, among others, Minister Motyka, the owner of PG Silesia, the Bumech company and the court administrator of PG Silesia.

Bumech will lease the mine

Bumech stated in the agreement that it maintains its offer to lease an organized part of the PG Silesia enterprise and take over all employees employed therein pursuant to Art. 23 of the Labor Code.

The court administrator/employer declares that in relation to the above-mentioned obligations Bumech will not terminate employment contracts, except in the event that the lease is not concluded.

The trade union said that in view of the above employment guarantees, it would organize an underground protest on Monday and that no similar actions would be taken until the lease agreement was finalized.

The government side mediating in the case stated that it would take steps by February 28, 2026 to develop legislative solutions that would enable, in the event of bankruptcy of the company mining in the Silesia mine, the allocation and protective benefits to cover employees working (as of Monday) underground and in the processing plant if the conditions of the Mining Act in force as of January 1, 2026 are met.

The agreement enters into force on the day of the end of the protest action carried out in the Silesia mine. (PAP)