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Protests from Oltchim "have ended"

More than 300 employees from Oltchim who protested during the morning in the Court of Appeal gave up the protests, after talks with representatives of the management.

Protests from Oltchim "have ended"

Articol de Sorin Solomon, 15 Noiembrie 2012, 10:03

Oltchim employees, who have expressed dissatisfaction with the failure to pay salary arrears, have received assurances from the state that the activity will be resumed and that they will receive the money, informs our correspondent, Radio Romania Actualitati , Ana Maria Carstea.

Employees gave the protests, after more than two hours of talks with Oltchim representatives.

This was due to the guarantees given by the company for the granting of the for the months of September and October, the first money to be received today.

The only ones who have not given up, however, so far, the protests are those six in the hunger strike, they argue that still more waiting for Prime Minister Victor Ponta to come here and sit at the discussion with them.

However, the latter will argue that discussions to see if they will give up the hunger strike or not given and the incident in the morning, when one of the latter suffered a bout of hypoglycemia.

Further it should be noted that those in leadership have said that the company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the banks.

Through his would be make the 20 million euros to finance the production of Oltchim.

Also, the company estimated that by December production at Oltchim will operate at 65 percent of capacity by restarting of certain installations.

The situation at Oltchim, analyzed at the Government meeting

The Economy Minister, Daniel Chiţoiu, assured that until Thursday will be paid outstanding wages for September.

He also announced the program for restarting the three wards of the plant , informs the Radio Romania Actualitati Petruţa Obrejan.

Employees at Oltchim will get tomorrow's September wages, said the Economy Minister, Daniel Chiţoiu even at the beginning of the Government sitting, and until Monday will be restarted as early as three other sections.

"We, in the negotiations held under the coordination of the Deputy with great credit banks can provide financing in the period immediately following the restart of Oltchim, following at the late November-early December to assure payment of arrears and on October, until then, resulting in money from the first cycle of manufacture," says Daniel Chiţoiu.

According to Minister of Economy, until mid-December you want Oltchim to reach a production capacity of 65 per cent .


Translated by
Denisse-Meda Bucura

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