45 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS GO ON TOKEN STRIKE IN KAPAN
20-06-2008 16:30:00 | Armenia | Social
LAPAN, JUNE 20, NOYAN TAPAN. 45 employees of Architect Oleg
Skokarev LLC went on token strike on June 19. They told NT
correspondent that although the employer pays their wages on
time, they demand increasing their average salary in connection
with the recent rise of prices.
The company director Garegin Shokarian said that the wages
are paid based on the amount of work done, no rise in wages is
expected, and "if they do not want to work, others will take
their place".
The strikers are paid 2,500-3,000 drams daily and an
additional sum of 300 drams for an hour of overtime work. They
arr engaged in construction of Kapan's business center based on
the order of the Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Enterprise.