Mura Workers End Strike as Management and Supervisors Resign

Murska Sobota, 22 September - After two days of strike at apparel maker Mura in Murska Sobota, the workers agreed to end the protests as their demands were met in Tuesday's negotiations. Both the supervisors and the management resigned, while Bojan Starman was appointed the new CEO, boss of the state-run SOD fund Tomaz Kuntaric told the press after supervisors' meeting.

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New boss of troubled clothes maker Mura, Bojan Starman.
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Murska Sobota.
Crisis manager Zdenko Podlesnik talking to workers of troubled apparel maker Mura on strike in front of the Murska Sobota factory.
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Murska Sobota.
SOD fund director Tomaz Kuntaric (left) and president of Mura's in-house trade union Drago Forjanic during the strike of workers of troubled apparel maker Mura in front of the Murska Sobota factory.
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Murska Sobota.
Workers of troubled apparel maker Mura on strike in front of the Murska Sobota factory.
Photo: STA

Murska Sobota.
Workers of troubled apparel maker Mura on strike in front of the Murska Sobota factory.
Photo: STA

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