YEREVAN. – More than a hundred former employees of Nairit chemical rubber plant of Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan, and who demand their unpaid salaries, have assembled outside the Government Building on Thursday.

The plant workers are demanding to meet with Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan.

“We clearly know that our salaries will be paid, but we demand specific dates for the payment,” Nairit CJSC former Press Secretary Anush Harutyunyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. “We have not yet resorted to extreme measures, since we were promised that the salaries will definitely be given.”

As reported earlier, a total of 1,700 Nairit workers were formally discharged as of February 6. The 18 to 24 months of unpaid wages of the employees of Nairit chemical rubber plant, which no longer operates, total Armenian drams equivalent to approximately $15 million. The workers have assembled outside the Government Building and the Office of the President numerous times, and demanded a solution to their salary-related problems.