The workers at the Military Plant in Targovishte are starting protest actions due to delays in the payment of their wages. The employees of „TEREM - Khan Krum“ EOOD in the regional town interrupted their working day for an hour and went out to the roundabout on the main road Sofia - Varna near Targovishte (at the OMV gas station).
The irregular payment of wages and the lack of orders to ensure the employment of the workers are the main problem that awaits a solution, the protesters commented. At the moment, the work under the current contract is being completed, and there is no information about new orders. We do not have a systematic approach to ensuring work, the chairman of the union section of the CT „Podkrepa“ at the plant, Atanas Tasev, told BTA. He also pointed out that over 90 of the workers are over 60 years old. We have no perspective, unfortunately we do not receive information about the future of the plant. We do not see an alternative, he said.
By going out to the roundabout, we aim to draw public attention to our problem. We are pursuing a unique income policy and we hope that attention will be paid to us, Tasev added.
The chairman of the trade union organization at the Federation of Independent Trade Unions in Defense of the CITUB at the military plant in Targovishte, Krasimir Stoichkov, pointed out that there are two paths for the future of the plant, and officials must make a responsible decision on which of them to take - whether “Terem - Khan Krum“ EOOD Targovishte should continue to exist or not.
According to him, the workers received their salaries for December at the end of February. The payments of salaries for January and February have been delayed. People recalled that last year they also celebrated the Easter holidays without salaries, which are their expectations for this year. The plant's management commented that the earliest one can expect to receive a salary is in the middle of the month, Stoichkov added.
At the moment, 113 people work at the Military Plant in Targovishte, and their number decreases annually due to retirement or leaving the company due to irregular payment of wages.
The employees at the plant plan to continue protesting for an hour at the roundabout every day until April 17.