The strike in the Jastrzębie mine started on 28 August and was in solidarity with protesting workers in Gdańsk and Szczecin. Miners from Jastrzębie-Zdrój enforced their own postulates for improving working conditions in the mines. It was thanks to them that, among other things, free Saturdays and Sundays were introduced, the four-shift work system was abolished, voluntary work on holidays was guaranteed and wages were linked to the cost of living. The determination of the miners made the voice of the working people of Silesia resound exceptionally loudly, and the authorities had to give way in the face of the unity and courage of the workers.
A ceremony commemorating the events of 1980 was held in front of the Jastrzębie Agreement monument. Among the speakers was Minister Beata Kempa, who read a letter from the President of Poland. Following the speeches, flowers were laid by, among others, participants in the 1980 strike and representatives of trade unions. The ceremony was also attended by Bogusław Oleksy, President of the JSW Management Board, and Artur Wojtków, Vice-President of the JSW Management Board for Employment and Social Policy, as well as mine directors and representatives of voivodeship and local authorities and uniformed services.
