Protesters chanting “We want to work” and “Down with the government” are calling on Prime Minister Victor to fix the plant’s situation.
Union leader Marian Dumitru said employees are disgruntled they have not been paid overdue wages for the past three months and are protesting the impending collective layoffs planned by the company’s judicial administrators.
Oltchim entered insolvency at the end of January this year, after a failed privatization attempt in 2012. Its court-appointed administrators are Rominsolv, a firm owned by lawyer Gheorghe Piperea, and BDO Business Restructuring, part of international group BDO.
Oltchim is controlled by the Economy Ministry with a 54.8% stake.