Strike will affect operations at brown coal generator LEAG, German union says
31 Aug 2023
Owned by Czech investor EPH and private
equity group PPF Investments, LEAG operates eight gigawatts (GW) of power
capacity in eastern Germany and coal mining at the Jaenschwalde, Welzow-Sued,
Nochten and Reichwalde sites. The strike on Friday would start with the 5 a.m.
shift (0300 GMT) and culminate with a rally at the Schwarze Pumpe industry
park, IGBCE said.
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"Employees need wage increases that
have a lasting effect. They will make that clear emphatically on Friday,"
the IGBCE mining union said in a press release, adding that it was expecting
high participation among LEAG's 7,200 staff. Owned by Czech investor EPH and
private equity group PPF Investments, LEAG operates eight gigawatts (GW) of
power capacity in eastern Germany and coal mining at the Jaenschwalde,
Welzow-Sued, Nochten and Reichwalde sites.
The strike on Friday would start with
the 5 a.m. shift (0300 GMT) and culminate with a rally at the Schwarze Pumpe
industry park, IGBCE said.
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