make preferableYEREVAN. – Former workers of Nairit rubber plant blocked the traffic on Tigran Mets avenue by sitting on the road with their underage children and grand-children.
They have been protesting since morning near Armenian government's building. Protesters demand a meeting with Prime Minister and threaten civil disobedience.
The police officers are trying to push them to the pedestrian area, but they do not succeed, the Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent reports.
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.
