[fse-esf] Appeal from Poland

[Dariusz Zalega]

Ornontowice, 29 December 2007
Appeal
The Strike Committee  of KWK “Budryk”
(Silesia, south of Poland), in the name of the
striking workforce, turns to all working people with
an appeal for help.
A protest has been underway since 13 December 2007 in
the Coal Mine “Budryk”. This protest began
with a hunger strike and on 17 December the workforce
took the unanimous decision to begin an indefinite
strike. 
The miners from “Budryk” are demanding
equal pay to the level of employees of Jastrzêbska
Spó³ka Wêglowa (Jastrzêbska Coal Company), which their
mine is to become a part of. The miners of
“Budryk” only want to be treated equally
with other employees! Employees of
“Budryk” have the lowest wages in the
whole of the mining industry despite a productivity
which is twice as high.
The management board of “Budryk” have not
undertaken negotiations in the framework of collective
bargaining and have thereby broken the law, which has
escalated the tension among the mine’s
employees.
We are turning to all working people with an appeal
for support for our protest. We are asking for
financial support for the striking miners, who
management are trying to force economically to end the
strike. We will not give in, the people who can give
in are our families and children, who are threatened
with a lack of financial means to live. If they break
us today, then later they can break you.
Let’s prove that international workers
solidarity is not an empty slogan.
Individuals and institutions who are prepared to
support financially the families of the striking
miners are requested to make payments to the following
account:
POLU PL PR 23 8454 1053 2001 0041 5426 0001
with the annotation: “Support fund for families
of striking miners of Budryk”
Name of bank: Orzesko-Knurowski Bank Spó³dzielczy
oddzia³ Ornontowice  
On behalf of the Strike Committee of the Coal Mine
“Budryk”
Krzysztof £ab±d¼
redakcja at trybuna-robotnicza.pl
PS
photos from protest >> zzkadrabudryk.republika.pl


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