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"PROTESTS OF MILLIONAIRES"; NAIRIT FACTORY WORKERS PROTEST IN WAKE OF RESIGNATION NOTICES (VIDEO)
12.09.2014 14:06 epress.am
Today, Nairit factory workers continued their protest in front of
the government building. Yesterday, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan
refused to meet them, however, this morning the government promised
the factory workers that the PM would meet with a delegation of five.
The Nairit workers' demand has not changed; they are asking to
be paid their accumulated salaries in its entirety, not just one
month's salary.
One of the factory workers, named Ruben, told Epress.am that people
are starting to call their action a "protest of millionaires."
According to Ruben, the factory owes them their 18 months worth of
salaries and even if one was earning 50,000 AMD a month, then at this
point they are a millionaire, however, only on paper.
"It's not like we don't receive our salaries at all, we receive one
or two months worth. But like I've always said, we are never able to
keep those salaries. Creditors get happy when they hear that Nairit
staff have received their salaries. People receive their money and
go pay off their debts, that's it," noted Ruben.
During the protest, participants also told us that they have already
began receiving notices for their resignation. Currently, there are
2,200 employees, of which 1,200 are idle workers (who have to receive
รข..." of their salary), approximately 1,000 people are working. However
the factory executives are preparing to sign contracts with only 500
employees. The Nairit Factory CJSC released a statement today which
notes that labor cuts are implemented in order to optimize expenses
and with the objective of halting the future accumulation of debt.
"No one has ever said that the factory workers would not receive their
accumulated salaries. According to the statement by the Ministry of
Energy and Natural Resources, employees of the Nairiti Factory CJSC
will be paid one month's salary in December," said the company's
statement.
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/12/09/%E2%80%9Cprotests-of-millionaires%E2%80%9D-nairit-factory-workers-protest-in-wake-of-resignation-notices-video.html
12.09.2014 14:06 epress.am
Today, Nairit factory workers continued their protest in front of
the government building. Yesterday, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan
refused to meet them, however, this morning the government promised
the factory workers that the PM would meet with a delegation of five.
The Nairit workers' demand has not changed; they are asking to
be paid their accumulated salaries in its entirety, not just one
month's salary.
One of the factory workers, named Ruben, told Epress.am that people
are starting to call their action a "protest of millionaires."
According to Ruben, the factory owes them their 18 months worth of
salaries and even if one was earning 50,000 AMD a month, then at this
point they are a millionaire, however, only on paper.
"It's not like we don't receive our salaries at all, we receive one
or two months worth. But like I've always said, we are never able to
keep those salaries. Creditors get happy when they hear that Nairit
staff have received their salaries. People receive their money and
go pay off their debts, that's it," noted Ruben.
During the protest, participants also told us that they have already
began receiving notices for their resignation. Currently, there are
2,200 employees, of which 1,200 are idle workers (who have to receive
รข..." of their salary), approximately 1,000 people are working. However
the factory executives are preparing to sign contracts with only 500
employees. The Nairit Factory CJSC released a statement today which
notes that labor cuts are implemented in order to optimize expenses
and with the objective of halting the future accumulation of debt.
"No one has ever said that the factory workers would not receive their
accumulated salaries. According to the statement by the Ministry of
Energy and Natural Resources, employees of the Nairiti Factory CJSC
will be paid one month's salary in December," said the company's
statement.
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/12/09/%E2%80%9Cprotests-of-millionaires%E2%80%9D-nairit-factory-workers-protest-in-wake-of-resignation-notices-video.html