YEREVAN. – Even though the employees of Armenian capital city Yerevan’s Nairit chemical rubber plant are promised salaries for the third week, these wages are not paid to this day. 

The management on Thursday yet again pledged to transfer salaries next week, a plant worker told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“They owe more than fifteen months of salary. But, now, they have promised [to pay the wages for solely] one month which, however, they don’t give once again,” he said.

To the query as to why the plant workers have stopped their demonstrations and the fight for their unpaid wages, our interlocutor responded: “The people are scared; the [plant] management is pressuring us.”    

In his words, since the salaries are not being paid, three to four people hand in their resignations from Nairit each day. 
Speaking to us, Nairit Press Secretary Anush Harutyunyan, however, denied all the aforesaid, and solely noted that the plant employees will receive one month’s salary on April 7, at the latest.   

“As for banning demonstrations, there has never been such an issue at Nairit. As for the [job] cuts, we don’t fire anyone, but there are cases when people submit a resignation,” Harutyunyan said, in particular.