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ARMENIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT'S EMPLOYEES TO HAVE THEIR WAGES INCREASED BY 20%
/ARKA/
October 24, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, October 24. /ARKA/. The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant
administration decided today to raise wages of those workers and
engineers who earlier submitted their resignations, a source from
the plant told ARKA News Agency.
"The plant's employees has decided to resume working this night,
since negotiations with the plant's administration and the energy
minister have resulted in 20% wage rise," the source said.
Lusine Harutyunyan, press secretary of the energy and natural resources
ministry, responding to ARKA News Agency's request, confirmed this
information adding that official report will be released very soon.
Some 158 workers and engineers unhappy about their salaries submitted
their resignations to the plant's administration on September 20.
Reports in Armenian media in late September said the re-launch of
the plant was under threat after 158 workers submitted resignation
applications demanding an increase in their wages. The plant is
scheduled to resume operating on October 27 upon completion of a
regular repair.
The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant, the only nuclear power plant in
the South Caucasus, which accounts for about 40 percent of Armenia's
electricity, is located in Metsamor, some 30 kilometers west of
Yerevan.
The plant was launched in 1997. Now only the second, 107.5-megawatt
unit of the plant operates. It generates about 50% of the country's
electricity.
The plant's financial flows have been managed since 2003 by Russian
Inter RAO UES, owned by Russian Rosatom.
/ARKA/
October 24, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, October 24. /ARKA/. The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant
administration decided today to raise wages of those workers and
engineers who earlier submitted their resignations, a source from
the plant told ARKA News Agency.
"The plant's employees has decided to resume working this night,
since negotiations with the plant's administration and the energy
minister have resulted in 20% wage rise," the source said.
Lusine Harutyunyan, press secretary of the energy and natural resources
ministry, responding to ARKA News Agency's request, confirmed this
information adding that official report will be released very soon.
Some 158 workers and engineers unhappy about their salaries submitted
their resignations to the plant's administration on September 20.
Reports in Armenian media in late September said the re-launch of
the plant was under threat after 158 workers submitted resignation
applications demanding an increase in their wages. The plant is
scheduled to resume operating on October 27 upon completion of a
regular repair.
The Armenian Nuclear Power Plant, the only nuclear power plant in
the South Caucasus, which accounts for about 40 percent of Armenia's
electricity, is located in Metsamor, some 30 kilometers west of
Yerevan.
The plant was launched in 1997. Now only the second, 107.5-megawatt
unit of the plant operates. It generates about 50% of the country's
electricity.
The plant's financial flows have been managed since 2003 by Russian
Inter RAO UES, owned by Russian Rosatom.