Polish mining announces general strike to be launched on Monday

Silesian trade unions informed about a protest “of the whole mining” to start on Monday (February 2), RMF.FM radio reported. Miners will strike due to a failure of the talks between labor unions of Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW) and its board held on Thursday in Warsaw. The board rejected the unions’ demand under which the CEO would be dismissed. The unions do not agree on implementing austerity plan presented by the ownership earlier in January. JSW is the biggest coke producer in the EU, in 2013 it extracted 13.6 million tons of coal.