Poland's Coal Miners End Underground Strike After Marathon Talks With Government

KATOWICE, POLAND - SEPTEMBER 25: An aerial view of the Nikiszowiec coal miners settlement and part of the Poland's official national Historic Monuments on September 25, 2020 in Katowice, Poland. Since September 21, Poland's Inter-Union Protest and Strike Committee (MKPS) have coordinated 10 strikes, with some 400 miners staying underground as Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki failed to join the talks to achieve an agreement on Poland's energy policy until 2040. Polish electricity currently relies on coal for around 73% of its energy production, which is the highest level in the European Union. Poland’s mining trade unions wish to extend the energy sector reforms until 2060, to assure a softer transition for the hundreds of thousands of jobs involved in the sector. (Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images)