SLOVENIA TEXTILE WORKERS HELPED BACK INTO EMPLOYMENT BY EU FUND
March 1st, 2011 BY KEITH NUTHALL THE SLOVENIAN government has received Euro EUR2.2 million from the European Union's (EU) European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to help 2,554 former employees of clothing company 'Mura, European Fashion Design, Proizvodjna obla?il' find new work. The European Commission, which operates the fund, has noted the company shed these staff members during the recession, after losing contracts from major customers including Hugo Boss, Escada and René Lezard: "The shortfall of orders due to the economic and financial crisis are at the base of these ...
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