14:37, 14 March 2015

"Nairit" employees come out to new protest in Yerevan

Protest action of the workers of the "Nairit" Factory. Inscriptions on the transparencies: "We don't want to be emigrants" (to the left), "Don't torture laws of the Republic of Armenia!" (to the right). Yerevan, March 5, 2015. Photo by Tigran Petrosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"

The workers of the "Nairit" Factory found their meeting with the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources useless, and went out to a new protest action with a demand to pay their salary debts.

On March 5, their action was held at the building of the Armenian government, where factory workers stated that they plan to meet Ervand Zakharyan, the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, who is in charge for "Nairit" problems in the Armenian government.

Now, the action of "Nairit" workers was held in front of the presidential residence. The protesters said that their March 13 meeting with the above Minister was inefficient, the "aysor.am" reports.

They also demanded to release them from payment of utility bills.

On December 5, 2014, the factory bosses decided to reduce the staff down to 500 from the then 770; besides, other 1667 employees had been on compulsory leave during four years. On February 6, 2015, within the staff reduction programme, 1700 employees of the "Nairit" lost their jobs without any repayment of salary debts for 20 months.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.