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    WE ARE PEOPLE, NOT ANIMALS

    Story from Lragir.am News:
    http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country22173.html
    Published: 13:41:04 - 10/06/2011

    Today morning, the employees of Nairit chemical plant of Yerevan,
    about 100 people, held a protest in front of the plant. Their action
    ignored by the director of the plant Vahan Melkonyan, they walked to
    the Office of the President. They have not been paid their salary for
    4 months. In addition, they have learned that they are made redundant,
    some of them since last year, others since the beginning of June.

    Employees note that the employees who get high salaries are kept,
    while others are released.

    The protesters note they have not been paid even the promised bonus.

    They demand from the president to pay their salaries. They say we
    are people and not animals. We cannot live and support our families
    without being paid for 4 months.

    They say they cannot even borrow money because as soon as people
    learn they are Nairit plant workers, they refuse to lend them.

    Today, the head of Control Service of the president of Armenia
    Hovhannes Hovsepyan received the protesters instead of the head of
    president staff Karen Karapetyan, who was attending the meeting of
    government, and said they will be paid within the upcoming 15 days. He
    also promised that the re-operation of the plant will be discussed too.

    Last November Nairit employees held protests at the office of the
    president. They met with the head of president staff Karen Karapetyan
    who called them "strappers". Later on, Nairit employees were promised
    to be paid but the promise was only partially fulfilled.

    There are rumors that the government of Armenia is going to give the
    plant to the Russians.

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