YEREVAN. – A group of current and former employees of Nairit chemical rubber plant of Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan on Tuesday assembled across the Office of the President.

They demand their unpaid salaries and for the plant to restart operations.

Around one hundred Nairit workers have gathered outside the presidential residence, the Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter informed from the scene.

A total of 1,700 Nairit workers were formally discharged as of February 6. At this point, the total debt of Nairit chemical rubber plant—which no longer operates—amounts to 102 billion drams (approx. $215,184,825). Around $15 million of these arrears are the 18 to 24 months of unpaid wages of the plant employees.

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.