Velenje Coal Mine Management Steps Down

Velenje, 5 March - The three-member management of coal mine operator Premogovnik Velenje stepped down on Wednesday, two days after a two-hour token strike staged by miners of the biggest functioning coal mine in the country.

Ljubljana
Workers at the Velenje coal mine, Slovenia's biggest mining operation, stage a token strike as they demand higher pay and higher prices of coal sold to the Šoštanj thermal power plant.
Photo: Lilijana Pušnik/STA

Ljubljana
Workers at the Velenje coal mine, Slovenia's biggest mining operation, stage a token strike as they demand higher pay and higher prices of coal sold to the Šoštanj thermal power plant.
Photo: Lilijana Pušnik/STA

Ljubljana
Workers at the Velenje coal mine, Slovenia's biggest mining operation, stage a token strike as they demand higher pay and higher prices of coal sold to the Šoštanj thermal power plant.
Photo: Lilijana Pušnik/STA

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