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ARMENIAN BUS DRIVER SUES EMPLOYER, WINS CASE IN TWO COURTS
10.31.2013 14:44 epress.am
Former driver of the number 89 marshrutka (minibus) Hayk Gasparyan,
66, went to court to protest inhumane working conditions and won the
case in two judicial instances, reports local daily Haykakan Zhamanak.
Gasparyan, who worked for a private company that operates a public
transporation route, sued the owner of the company, demanding 10 years'
worth of his salary. Speaking to the paper, the bus driver said that
the number 89 marshrutka, as well as the owner of the number 75 and
77 routes, is RA Minister of Urban Development Samvel Tadevosyan.
According to Gasparyan, none of the drivers have received the salary
that is in their contracts. The Court of First Instance, considering
the complaint, obliged the route's official owner ST Trans Mobil
to pay Gasparyan 1 million 300 thousand AMD (about $3,207 USD)
in compensation, but the company appealed the ruling. The Court of
Appeals, however, sustained the lower court's ruling and now the case
is at the third and final level in Armenia, the Court of Cassation.
"80% of the drivers are cracking under the debt. I got angry, got up on
my feet," said Gasparyan, adding that all the drivers are supporting
him, but are afraid to join him. "Do you think too few people were
beaten on the route?" he asked.
The article can be read in full in today's issue of Haykakan Zhamanak
(in Armenian only).
From: Baghdasarian
10.31.2013 14:44 epress.am
Former driver of the number 89 marshrutka (minibus) Hayk Gasparyan,
66, went to court to protest inhumane working conditions and won the
case in two judicial instances, reports local daily Haykakan Zhamanak.
Gasparyan, who worked for a private company that operates a public
transporation route, sued the owner of the company, demanding 10 years'
worth of his salary. Speaking to the paper, the bus driver said that
the number 89 marshrutka, as well as the owner of the number 75 and
77 routes, is RA Minister of Urban Development Samvel Tadevosyan.
According to Gasparyan, none of the drivers have received the salary
that is in their contracts. The Court of First Instance, considering
the complaint, obliged the route's official owner ST Trans Mobil
to pay Gasparyan 1 million 300 thousand AMD (about $3,207 USD)
in compensation, but the company appealed the ruling. The Court of
Appeals, however, sustained the lower court's ruling and now the case
is at the third and final level in Armenia, the Court of Cassation.
"80% of the drivers are cracking under the debt. I got angry, got up on
my feet," said Gasparyan, adding that all the drivers are supporting
him, but are afraid to join him. "Do you think too few people were
beaten on the route?" he asked.
The article can be read in full in today's issue of Haykakan Zhamanak
(in Armenian only).
From: Baghdasarian