Pensioen mijnwerkers: "Evenwichtig Vlaams Belang-voorstel gevolgd”
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Het Vlaams Belang is tevreden dat de eerste ondergrondse mijnwerkers van het Kempisch Bekken de betaling van hun achterstallig pensioen ontvingen. Op de symbolische datum van 4 december -de feestdag van Sint Barbara, de patroonheilige van zij die in de mijnen werken - werden de eerste berekeningen ontvangen, nauwelijks 10 dagen later volgen nu ook de effectieve uitbetalingen.
“Hiermee wordt gevolg gegeven aan een wetsvoorstel waarmee we op 7 mei jongstleden de jarenlange onrechtvaardigheid tegenover de ondergrondse mijnwerkers van het Kempisch Bekken uit de wereld hielpen”, zegt Kamerlid Frank Troosters (Vlaams Belang). “De gemaakte afspraken die men bij de sluiting van de Limburgse mijnen met de mijnwerkers inzake hun pensioen overeenkwam werden tot op heden immers niet correct uitgevoerd.”
“Het Vlaams Belang diende aanvankelijk het wetsvoorstel ter zake in, en dat zijn de mijnwerkers niet vergeten”
Met deze retroactieve rechtzetting van tien jaar en de aanpassing van hun toekomstige uitkeringen krijgen de rechthebbende mijnwerkers nu eindelijk het pensioen waarop ze recht hebben. “Dat de mijnwerkers, die recht hadden op een rechtzetting van 30 jaar, zich tevreden stellen met een rechtzetting van 10 jaar en de rest van de achterstallige bedragen beschikbaar stellen voor steun aan de zorgsector is bovendien een prachtig gebaar”, aldus Troosters. “Op die manier stellen ze zich net zoals vroeger opnieuw ten dienste van heel de samenleving.”
De mijnwerkers hebben ondertussen 7 mei - de datum van de goedkeuring van het wetsvoorstel - uitgeroepen tot ‘dag van de mijnwerker’. In 2021 wil men, indien de coronacrisis het toelaat, voor een eerste editie van deze dag verzamelen in Zwartberg in Genk.