Nairit plant employees promise to start hunger strikes and sits-in
Hundreds of employees of Nairit chemical plant have gathered outside the government building to demand again their unpaid salaries. Earlier this week, Alexander Ghazaryan, Head of the Government Department that deals with the acceptance and discussion of citizen requests, promised that the government would respond to the group’s demand to fix a payment schedule for their due salaries on Friday. However, the group has been waiting outside the government main building for more than an hour but no one has come out to talk to them. Talking to A1+ the angered employees said the government is continually cheating them trying to win time. They say that if things continue this way, they will start hunger strikes and sits-in. At present, the group is chanting, “We want our salaries!” “We do not want to become refugees!” “Protect the constitutional rights of Armenian citizens." Nairit Plant CJSC, which produces chloroprene rubber and was considered a giant of its kind during the Soviet era, hasn’t been operating since 2010. About 1700 employees of the plant were laid off in February 2015.
