Budryk Miners have been on strike since Dec. 17th. Click here for more information and a translation of the miners' appeal.

The miners are fighting for equal pay. Their state-owned mine is going to be merged with a larger state-owned group, JSW, the largest coal producer in Europe. Despite the fact that the Budryk workers are extremely efficient, they found out their salaries would be up to 200 euros less a month than their colleagues at JSW.

The Board at Budryk announced on New Year's Day that it sent a letter to the state security agency and the prosecutor's office about the strikers. They claim that the strikers are causing financial losses for the state treasury and have committed "crimes" during the strike.

Please show your solidarity with the striking miners by sending a solidarity letter. Here are some sample letters:

Choose one or write your own! Send to different recipients. Send copies to warsaw@zsp.net.pl

TO THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY

LETTER ONE

To Waldemar Pawlak, Minister of Economy
pl. Trzech Krzyży 3/5, 00-507 Warszawa
mail@pawlak.pl
Online: http://www.mg.gov.pl/English/Email/
CC to: kp-psl@sejm.pl
fax (24) 235-24-22
CC to: fax.: (022) 694 17 73

We are writing in support of the demands of the miners from Budryk to receive pay equal to the miners from JSW EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY! There is no justification for such pay discrimination.

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LETTER TWO

To Waldemar Pawlak, Minister of Economy
pl. Trzech Krzyży 3/5, 00-507 Warszawa
mail@pawlak.pl
Online: http://www.mg.gov.pl/English/Email/
CC to: kp-psl@sejm.pl
fax (24) 235-24-22
CC to: fax.: (022) 694 17 73

We have read about the case of the striking Budryk miners and totally support their demands for equal pay. Their wages must be increased immediately as such discrimination is a clear violation of their rights to equal pay for their job.

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LETTER THREE

To Waldemar Pawlak, Minister of Economy
pl. Trzech Krzyży 3/5, 00-507 Warszawa
mail@pawlak.pl
Online: http://www.mg.gov.pl/English/Email/
CC to: kp-psl@sejm.pl
fax (24) 235-24-22
CC to: fax.: (022) 694 17 73

We are writing in solidarity with the workers who have been on strike at the Budryk mine since Dec. 17th. All workers deserve equal wages for equal work; this is usually guaranteed in all European countries. Therefore, their demands are totally justified.

We demand that this discrimination be ended immediately.

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TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Letter one

Jan Bury
Secretary of State
fax /+48 22/ 628-88-69
sek.ssjb@msp.gov.pl

We are writing in solidarity with the workers who have been on strike at the Budryk mine since Dec. 17th. All workers deserve equal wages for equal work; this is usually guaranteed in all European countries. Therefore, their demands are totally justified.

We demand that this discrimination be ended immediately.

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Letter Two

Jan Bury
Secretary of State
fax /+48 22/ 628-88-69
sek.ssjb@msp.gov.pl

We are writing in support of the demands of the Budryk miners. They deserve equal pay to their colleagues in JSW!

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To the Minister of the State Treasury

Aleksander Grad
fax /+48 22/ 628-19-14
minister@msp.gov.pl

We are writing in solidarity with the workers who have been on strike at the Budryk mine since Dec. 17th. All workers deserve equal wages for equal work; this is usually guaranteed in all European countries. Therefore, their demands are totally justified.

We demand that this discrimination be ended immediately.

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To Mining Bureacrats

Mining Department
Director - Aleksandra Magaczewska
fax (+ 48 22) 693-40-32

We are writing in solidarity with the workers who have been on strike at the Budryk mine since Dec. 17th. All workers deserve equal wages for equal work; this is usually guaranteed in all European countries. Therefore, their demands are totally justified.

We demand that this discrimination be ended immediately.

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To Budryk

KWK Budryk S.A.
43-178 Ornontowice
skrytka pocztowa 29
ul. Zamkowa 10
fax. (032) 235-51-17

We are writing in solidarity with the workers who have been on strike at the Budryk mine since Dec. 17th. All workers deserve equal wages for equal work; this is usually guaranteed in all European countries. Therefore, their demands are totally justified.

We demand that this discrimination be ended immediately.

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To JSW

Letter One

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A.
ul. Armii Krajowej 56
44-330 Jastrzębie Zdrój
Fax: 032 47 62 671
e-mail: jsw@jsw.pl

We are writing in solidarity with the workers who have been on strike at the Budryk mine since Dec. 17th. All workers deserve equal wages for equal work; this is usually guaranteed in all European countries. Therefore, their demands are totally justified.

We demand that this discrimination be ended immediately.

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Letter Two

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa S.A.
ul. Armii Krajowej 56
44-330 Jastrzębie Zdrój
Fax: 032 47 62 671
e-mail: jsw@jsw.pl

We are writing in support of the demands of the miners from Budryk to receive pay equal to the miners from JSW EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY! There is no justification for such pay discrimination.