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Solid Energy’s position an insult to Pike Families
30 November 2016
Solid Energy’s position an insult
to Pike Families
Pike River families will continue to
protest at the mine gates tomorrow morning following Solid
Energy’s total refusal to discuss re-entry of the drift to
recover bodies and evidence.
Bernie Monk, whose son
Michael died in the mine, says the meeting was insulting.
“Solid Energy are refusing to even meet with any of the
many experts who have said safe re-entry is possible.
They’re not even pretending to listen
anymore.
“Frankly there’s no point in trying to
deal with this company any longer. The Prime Minister is the
one who made the promise to get our boys out, and he should
front up himself rather than sending his monkeys to deliver
the hard word.
“What makes it worse is the seal
already in place complies with Worksafe’s conditions.
There’s absolutely no need to pour 30m of concrete in
there.
“It feels like they’re just doing it
because they want this whole thing to go
away.
“Well, we’re not going away. We’ll be at
that gate, we’ll be at the gates of Parliament. We’ll do
whatever it takes to get the justice we were promised for
our boys.
“It’s safe to get in there and get the
evidence out, and that’s what’s going to
happen.”
ENDS
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