Georgia: Borjomi factory stops striking

The employees of the Borjomi Factory No. 1 have stopped their strike; the production process is fully restored, says the statement of the "IDS Borjomi Georgia", the owning company of the factory, released on October 26.

On October 23, the work was stopped at the factory, situated in the Samtskhe-Javakheti District, where the workers went on strike and demanded a wage increase and revision of labour contracts.

The workers resumed their work in the afternoon of October 26, after four days of downtime, the "Herald of the Caucasus" reports.

According to the company's statement, the manufacturing process at the Borjomi Factory No. 1 is fully restored.

"On the fourth day of negotiations between the managers of the "IDS Borjomi Georgia" and the workers on strike, an agreement was reached, under which the process of bottling and loading was resumed," says the statement.

As added by the "News-Georgia", the document gives no specific terms of the agreement.

The company bosses have repeatedly met the workers during the strike. According to the company, the factory employs up to 500 local residents; their average charged salary is 650 laris (392 US dollars); and they get 500 laris (301 US dollars) of monthly salary in cash in hands.