[fse-esf] Appeal from Poland

[Alessandra Mecozzi]

Dear Darius,

on behalf of our Trade Union , Fiom.Cgil, I want to send our solidarity to the miners strike for adequate wages and to the strike committee who is leading this struggle. We believe that collective bargaining and fair negociations are the right way to face the problem and find a solution accepted by the workers, avoiding an increase of tension. Therefore we appeal also  the management of the company to respect  workers rights and start this negociation.
We wish that the new year can bring a reasonable solution that can satisfy workers and put an end to the tensions and their suffering.
Please, keep us update about the situation.
All the best, in solidarity

Alessandra Mecozzi
International Secretary Fiom.Cgil   Italy

-----Original message-----
From: Dariusz Zalega darekzal a yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:16:38 +0100
To: fse-esf a lists.fse-esf.org
Subject: [fse-esf] Appeal from Poland

> 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 a trybuna-robotnicza.pl
> PS
> photos from protest >> zzkadrabudryk.republika.pl
> 
> 
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