Trade Union of Metallurgists, Miners and Chemists join IDS Borjomi worker strike

14:42, 08.06.2022

Members of the Trade Union of Metallurgists, Miners and Chemists from different regions joined the protest of IDS Borjomi workers to express solidarity with the works. They vow to be ready to fight with protesters. The Georgian Public Defender will visit the strikers tomorrow to get acquainted with their demands.

IDS Borjomi workers continue full-scale picketing of #1 and #2 bottling factories as they are demanding the payment of delayed salaries, the reinstatement of their dismissed colleagues, the return of previous working conditions, a 25% salary increase, and the ending of a “blackmailing and threatening” against vocal workers.

For the record, the company announced the suspension of production on April 29, citing “difficulties” brought about by the war in Ukraine. The company’s majority shareholder, Mikhail Fridman, a Russian oligarch, is currently facing Western sanctions over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

By - Marika Kartozia

Society

IDS Borjomi worker strike

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