Hausner promises redundant miners will not be left without jobs

Economy Minister Jerzy Hausner together with Senator Kazimierz Kutz, attended a meeting with Gazeta Wyborcza journalists to discuss the issue of mine closures. After the meeting, Minister Hausner tried to calm miners fears that those made redundant would not remain without jobs, adding that the decision to stop extracting coal in four mines will not be reversed. According to Senator Kutz, the situation of the coal industry has never been so bad since the great depression of the 1930s, adding that the current problems are direct results of previous government's mistakes. Hausner went on to say that at present, the most important issue is to make sure that redundant workers will have possibilities to find alternative jobs and that local communities will not have to bear the consequences of the decision to liquidate mines. "The economy in Silesia has to transform and continue to develop," announced Hausner. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 2) A.K.