Board of JSW strikes deal with its miners - później!

After over two weeks of protesting and a whole night of negotiating the board of Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW) and the company's trade unions reached an initial agreement on Friday. What is more, the firm's CEO Jarosław Zagórski announced his resignation under three conditions. In line with the deal, miners will work six days per week and their bonus (so called czternastka) will be paid out in installments. Zagórski wants the deal to be an official agreements and the paragraph on six-day week has to be clearly defined. In addition, the CEO demand JSW miners to go back to work on Monday. "This agreement is good for the company and most importantly, for its employees, because it will improve JSW's condition and secure the jobs," said government plenipotentiary for mining Wojciech Kowalczyk. President Bronisław Komrowski will be meeting the unions' leaders in the late afternoon. The strike launched on January 28 and has costed JSW around PLN 200 million so far.