Miners on strike in Poland appeal for international solidarity

poland / czech / slovakia | workplace struggles | non-anarchist press Wednesday January 09, 2008 19:52 by Manuel Baptista (personal capacity)

[Poland] Appeal from the Strike Committee of KWK "Budryk",

Recieved this, which I find interesting to us
MB

Appeal
The Strike Committee of KWK "Budryk", 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 Jastrzębska
Spółka Węglowa (Jastrzębska 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:
account: ZZ Kadra
POLU PL PL 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 Spółdzielczy oddział Ornontowice
On behalf of the Strike Committee of the Coal Mine "Budryk"
Krzysztof Łabądź