North Korea has launched a “100-day battle of loyalty” to boost coal production in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Workers’ Party’s founding, with authorities offering rewards and nutrition meals that have significantly raised miners’ morale.
According to a Daily NK source in South Pyongan province recently, coal mines throughout the province are competing to produce coal as the 100-day campaign nears its conclusion.
Significant rewards will be given to the mine with the highest production, as well as to companies and platoons within mines that achieve the best results, pushing miners’ competitive spirit to its peak.
At the Dokchon Area Coal Mining Enterprise, miners are working around the clock to increase their performance as the “100-day battle of loyalty,” which began in early July, approaches its deadline.
The youth mine at Jenam Coal Mine has shown particularly notable production results, with miner attendance reaching 100%.
The Jenam mine previously announced it would provide five kilograms of pork, five kilograms of cooking oil, and one bag each of flour and rice to the platoon with the best production performance during the 100-day campaign, raising participation to unprecedented levels due to expectations of rewards.
“As the deadline approaches, even managers are entering the mines to live and produce coal alongside the miners,” the source said. “Unlike before, with managers actively participating in production, the speed of achieving targets is accelerating.”
Nutrition meals boost worker attendance
Some coal mines have improved the quality of meals provided to miners to boost production performance, leading to increases in miner efficiency.
“These days, many coal mines are operating ‘nutrition meal cafeterias’ again,” the source said. “As coal mines take care of miners’ nutrition, even people who didn’t come to work are now showing up regularly.”
Nutrition meal cafeterias are worker dining facilities operated before and after shift changes with the purpose of taking care of miners’ health and nutrition. The cafeterias provide not only high-protein, high-calorie meals made with meat, eggs, butter and syrup, but also a shot of alcohol, receiving enthusiastic responses from miners.
“After the Arduous March, nutrition meal cafeterias all closed and there were almost no places providing even mixed grain rice and salted radish, but recently as coal mines have begun operating nutrition meal cafeterias again, the response is positive,” the source said.
However, it remains unclear whether these nutrition meal cafeterias will continue operating after the 100-day campaign ends.
“As nutrition meal cafeterias operate, the number of people coming to work has noticeably increased,” the source said. “I don’t know how much one shot of alcohol can wash out the coal dust accumulated in the lungs, but anyway, if nutrition meal cafeterias continue operating, attendance will rise to 100%.”
Meanwhile, coal mines unable to afford such rewards or nutrition meals have already shown minimal results.
“A steady supply of food is required for the 100-day campaign, but many coal mines have given up on competing because they can’t do that,” the source said. “Miners don’t want anything grand. If they just provide proper meals and take care of one shot of alcohol each, coal mine production will increase.”
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