{"id":31753,"date":"2022-02-18T13:33:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T12:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=31753"},"modified":"2022-02-18T13:33:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T12:33:11","slug":"incinerator-workers-in-elbasan-havent-been-paid-in-2-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/incinerator-workers-in-elbasan-havent-been-paid-in-2-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Incinerator workers in Elbasan haven\u2019t been paid in 2 months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Incinerator workers in the waste recycling and processing warehouse in Elbasan are protesting this Friday because they haven\u2019t been paid in 2 months.<\/p>\n<p>They say that they are undergoing economic hardships and their income is the only way to get by.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been 2 months that we\u2019re working days and nights. They\u2019re not paying us and they\u2019re threatening us by saying that if we go out to protest, they\u2019ll fire us,\u201d \u2013 said one of the workers.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, another worker declared that he is facing extreme economic difficulties because he hasn\u2019t received his payroll in 2 months and can\u2019t pay his loan.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31756\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31756\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-31756\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/51094135646_ead3c9b5bd_k-768x432-1-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/51094135646_ead3c9b5bd_k-768x432-1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/51094135646_ead3c9b5bd_k-768x432-1-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/51094135646_ead3c9b5bd_k-768x432-1-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/51094135646_ead3c9b5bd_k-768x432-1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from the incinerator of Fier, Albania.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve taken out a loan. It\u2019s been 2 weeks since my last deadline. We need the money, we need our wages and we\u2019re demanding our rights,\u201d \u2013 he said.<\/p>\n<p>Klodian Zoto and Stela Gugallja \u2013 both of them accused of being the heads of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/11\/02\/incinerators-causing-cash-burn-as-state-pays-them-e20-million-on-top-of-original-contracts\/\">incinerator scandal<\/a><\/strong> in Elbasan \u2013 are <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/15\/no-trace-of-the-two-administrators-involved-in-incinerator-corruptive-affair\/\">on the<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/15\/no-trace-of-the-two-administrators-involved-in-incinerator-corruptive-affair\/\">run<\/a> <\/strong>and have been declared international fugitives by SPAK.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, investigations are underway for the 2 incinerators, the one in Fier and the one in Tirana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/15\/rama-says-ministers-should-get-punished-if-involved-in-incinerator-affair\/\">Rama says ministers should get punished if involved in incinerator affair<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/now\/2022\/02\/08\/companies-have-artificially-jacked-up-costs-of-incinerators-says-journalist\/\">Companies artificially jacked up incinerator costs, says journalist<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/13\/basha-claims-sps-candidate-in-durres-granted-e10-million-to-the-incinerator-company\/\">Basha claims SP\u2019s candidate in Durres granted \u20ac10 million to incinerator company<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu31538\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu31141\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incinerator workers in the waste recycling and processing warehouse in Elbasan are protesting this Friday because they haven\u2019t been paid in 2 months. They say that they are undergoing economic hardships and their income is the only way to get by. \u201cIt\u2019s been 2 months that we\u2019re working days and nights. They\u2019re not paying us [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":31755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Incinerator workers in Elbasan haven\u2019t been paid in 2 months - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/incinerator-workers-in-elbasan-havent-been-paid-in-2-months\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Incinerator workers in Elbasan haven\u2019t been paid in 2 months - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Incinerator workers in the waste recycling and processing warehouse in Elbasan are protesting this Friday because they haven\u2019t been paid in 2 months. 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