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Minsk Plant Employee: Got 0 Rubles In October

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Minsk Plant Employee: Got 0 Rubles In October

Workers of the Minsk plant of heating equipment have not been paid for three month.

94 rubles in November. So much money one was paid to one of the employees of the Minsk plant of heating equipment for a month of work, tut.by writes. The workshops of the enterprise have not been functioning for several months, however, engineering and technical workers fulfill their duties. The management explains that the debt is gradually being paid off, and the trade union hopes that the plant will resume its activities on January 15.

“No one is interested in people who have been working and surviving without a salary in a completely unheated room since September,” – one of the plant’s employees does not hide emotions. Employees have not been fully paid for three months.

In early November, the Economic Court of Minsk initiated proceedings for the bankruptcy of the Minsk plant of heating equipment. The plant’s debt to the bank amounts to 26.5 million rubles. It will be known in March whether it is declared bankrupt. The shops are not working, however, engineering and technical workers continue to go to work.

– At the moment, it’s dead time for workers. But the fact that the shop does not work does not mean that the rest of the enterprise is not functioning. Accountant, finance, marketing and personnel departments, mechanics, energy workers – these people do come. The accounting office has a lot of reporting, now they have to deal with annual balance sheets, inventory. We have a working day from 8.00 to 16.30, – the workers explain.

Problems with the salary began in September. “In September, there were 600 rubles in my payroll, of which I got 350. In October, I got 0 rubles, in November – 90 rubles,” – an employee says. Due to the difficult situation, the specialists leave for other jobs and do not believe that the situation at the enterprise will improve next year.

“We only ask them to give us our earned money and to tell us that we are not needed, and tell no lies,” – the workers complain.

The company's anti-crisis director, Ihar Shylnikouski, explains that there are debts to employees, but they are regularly paid off.

– Nobody is throwing the people over; the labor committee and trade union organizations work with them. Now we are solving the issue of payment. We are working on it.

The competitive production is open since November 28, the decision on the recognition (or non-recognition) of the enterprise bankrupt will be made at the end of March. Therefore, no plan for the elimination or rehabilitation exists at the moment, explains the anti-crisis manager.

- So far, there have been all prerequisites that the enterprise will work, - summarizes the specialist.

The union of the branches of industry “Belprofmash” also knows about the situation at the plant.

- The day before yesterday there was a meeting at the Ministry of Industry, I took part there, along with the heating equipment manager and the crisis manager. The task now is to pay wages by the end of the year, ” says Mikalai Kavalchuk, chairman of the trade union, commenting on the latest news.

Now the plant is “practically idle,” but the management wants to launch it from January 15.

“Now the enterprise has connected gas in order to maintain the entire infrastructure. It is also seeking funds for the purchase of materials. In principle, it has already been determined where the money will be taken to start with, ”explains Mikalai Kavalchuk. The date was chosen in order to start working without interruption after the New Year holidays, “otherwise it will be irrational and unprofitable.”

The chairman confirms that at the enterprise, some engineering and technical staff are still working.

- For example, power engineers, mechanics go to work. This is an enterprise after all, it must be controlled. You cannot just close the enterprise and get out of there. Therefore, yes, some managers go to work, deal with organizational issues and decide how to run this plant. But they do not get paid either.

Simultaneously, some employees are offered vacancies at other enterprises - the Tractor Plant or Minsk Automobile Plant.

- The Ministry of Industry is now working on all these vacancies, where you can hire more people. But this concerns mainly engineers, and not the basic workers. Still, there is the task to start the enterprise.

Mikalai Kavalchuk notes the following: due to the delays in the payment of salaries to some employees, they are provided material assistance.

- Today we have such a situation, that some people have nothing to buy bread for. Some people live by the pensions earned by working in hazardous labour conditions. Some people have found work, work part time. But this is not a consolation, in fact the situation there is extremely difficult. However, the task has been set and they are engaged in it.

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