Representatives of OKD, Trade Unions and Town Honour the Memory of Mining Victims

KARVINÁ – The annual celebration of the Day of Miners is not only associated with joy and fun. On Thursday, 2^nd September the representatives of OKD companies and the Mining Guild laid wreaths and flowers at the Miners´ Memorial at Univezitní  náměstí in  Karviná, dedicated to those who died during their hard and challenging work.

The big mining brass orchestra “Májovák” opened the ceremony playing the Miners´ Anthem conducted by Milan Bystroň. It was followed by brief addresses from  Radim Tabášek, OKD Personnel Director and Jaromír Pytlík from the Trade Unions.

Leo Bayer, OKD Operations Director, Jan Matula, OKD Technical Director and Radim Tabášek, Personnel Director walked to the memorial under the tunes of the mourning march.  Josef Kasper, the Head of the Mining Rescue Main Station in Ostrava, OKD mines directors Pavel Hadrava (Karviná), Václav Kabourek (Darkov), Boleslav Kowalczyk (ČSM) and Vladislav Szmek (Paskov), their deputies, mine managers and Trade Unionists also arrived with flowers to honour the memory of mining victims. The tribute to the work of miners was also expressed by Tomáš Hanzel, the Lord Mayor of Karviná, Mayor´s deputies Dalibor Závacký and Jan Wolf and many others.

The guard of honour was held by the members of Miners´ Clubs of  Barbora, Gabriela and ČSA mines and of Stonava town wearing traditional mining costumes and holding mining standards.

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