Nairit employees protest near presidential residence
Hundreds of employees of Nairit Plant today marched to the Presidential residence demanding their wages for 4 months.
Talking to A1+, protester Dalida Mutafyan said that they want to have a new director elected by the plant employees.
"The factory is in a terrible plight. It has a lot of unsettled debts which hinder the plant's normal operation," she said.
The protesters say the director has ordered them to keep silent, otherwise he threatened to fire them.
General manager of the plant Vahan Melkonyan said they were looking forward to decisions by relevant bodies, including the Russian authorities, to finish the reconstruction and re-operate plant.
"The non-payment of wages and suspension of the plant's work has technical and political reasons. I think the issue will be tackled in the near future," he said.
According to Vahan Melkonyan the average salary makes AMD 105-110 in the plant while the employees said they receive AMD 70.000.
Vahan Melkonyan and some of the plant workers were received by the head of the Armenian presidential administration Karen Karapetyan.
After a discussion, Mr. Karapetyan promised the protesters that they would get the wages for a month within ten days and the remaining sum within a month
Doubtful of the promises, the protesters sent another letter to the National Assembly.
