PreferredYEREVAN. – A group of former employees of Nairit chemical rubber plant of Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan, and who were protesting Thursday outside the Government Building, left the street where they were staging a sit-in.
The Police managed to remove the demonstrators from the road, the Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter informed from the scene
The protesting Nairit employees were persuaded by the PM’s promise to meet with them on June 9.
Yerevan Deputy Chief of Police Valeri Osipyan, for his part and for about 15 minutes, was persuading the plant workers to leave the street.
The Nairit employees were demanding a meeting with the PM and threatening that, otherwise, they will continue their civil disobedience.
Ultimately, the plant workers left, but they decided to again assemble outside the Government building on June 9.
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.
