Hundreds of employees of Armenia's largest chemical enterprise again took to the streets of Yerevan on Monday to demand payment of their back wages and a reactivation of their troubled plant.
Erratic manufacturing operations at the Nairit plant ground to a halt following the onset of the global financial crisis in late 2008. The Soviet-era chemical giant, whose main product is synthetic rubber, has since operated sporadically and at a fraction of its capacity.
Only some 500 of its more than 3,000 employees go to work on a regular basis. They are entitled to some pay despite being idle most of the time. Significant delays in the payment of those wages have periodically triggered street protests by Nairit workers.
Armenian News 
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