Board of JSW strikes deal with its miners

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 a memorandum of understanding on Friday. What is more, the firm's CEO Jarosław Zagórowski announced his resignation under three conditions. In line with the deal, miners will work six days per week and their bonus (the so called 14th monthly salary) will be paid out in installments. Zagórowski wants the MoU to be an official agreement and the paragraph on a six-day week has to be clearly defined. In addition, the CEO demands that JSW miners go back to work as soon as the next business day. "This deal is good for the company and most importantly, for its employees, because it will improve JSW's condition and secure the jobs," said the government plenipotentiary for mining Wojciech Kowalczyk. President Bronisław Komrowski will be meeting union leaders in the late afternoon. The strike was launched on January 28 and has cost JSW around PLN 200 million so far.