Trayal Workers Strike Over Unpaid Wages

Workers at the Serbian Trayal tyre factory have gone on strike over unpaid wages. Production is said to be at a standstill. According to the Sofia News Agency, 700 of the 2100 total work force have gathered at the factory gate, near where the managers’ offices are, and demanded immediate payment. The local union leader stated that this is their last chance to accomplish anything before the busy winter season takes hold.

Workers at the Serbian Trayal tyre factory have gone on strike over unpaid wages. Production is said to be at a standstill. According to the Sofia News Agency, 700 of the 2100 total work force gathered at the factory gate, near where the managers’ offices are, and demanded immediate payment. The local union leader stated that this is their last chance to accomplish anything before the busy winter season takes hold.

The Trayal tyre factory is owned by Bulgarian energy tycoon, Hristo Kovachki. At the end of last year Kovachki faced similar problems with striking workers at his Serbian factories and in June workers at the Vladicin Han wrapping paper factory threatened to go on hunger strike over unpaid wages.

Sofia news agency reports that Kovachki has had 143 Bulgarian leva (£66.76 million; 73.118 million euros; $106.372 million) while he faces tax evasion allegations for four of his businesses for the period between 2005 and 2008.