Coal mine workers at Bogdanka have occupied the company's management headquarters since October 26

Trade union representatives from ZZ Przeróbka, ZZG w Polsce, NZSS Solidarność, and ZZ Kadra entered a management conference room with a wooden coffin labeled "mining and energy" to begin their occupation. Jarosław Niemiec, chairman of the ZZ Przeróbka union at the Bogdanka coal mine, stated that the protesters have formed a crisis staff and are working from the management office to manage negotiations regarding the mine's future.

The workers are requesting that government representatives with the authority to make binding decisions meet with them. Their demands include a plan for the mine's operation with specific funding sources, job guarantees, the fulfillment of wage agreements, and protections for the workforce during the energy transition.

The protesters are also calling on employees to refuse voluntary weekend work, which accounts for 20 percent of the mine's planned extraction.