Miners demonstrate outside Sejm during PM address

During the Prime Minister's inaugural speech, miners' unions and other labor unions organized a demonstration just outside of the Sejm. From eyewitness account the crowd numbered about a couple thousand and many came from the Silesian mining district. "We didn't come to protest against some specific person or law, but rather to underscore a problem," said one of the miners' representatives speaking with a Polish Radio reporter. The demonstration was registered and is taking place as a peaceful event. There will be no burning of tires or firecrackers, according to the organizers. "The police is protecting us from the deputies," said one protester. Indeed, there was a noticeable police presence in the government district of Warsaw today. Although, workers' unions in Poland have one of the lowest participation ratios in Europe, coal miners' unions have been at the forefront of demonstrations including a 100,000 showing in the capital a year ago. According to Donald Tusk, the departing Civic Platform prime minister, coal is to remain one of the main energy sources for Poland in the upcoming years.