“Both factories in Borjomi have been halted. A full-scale strike has been launched since 6.00 am - 400 people have been on strike,” Giorgi Diasamidze, chairman of the Georgian Agrarian, Trade and Industry Trade Union, told InterPressNews.

He said the employees' strike will continue until all their demands are met.

"From 6:00 am, a full-scale strike has been carried out in the first and also in the second factory of Borjomi. Both factories are halted as employees are on strike. Our demands are the immediate reinstatement of 50 illegally dismissed people, the return of old contracts and a 25% increase in salaries, as well as the dismissal of individuals suspected of coercion, pressure and blackmail. About 400 people are on strike. Both factories are halted,” said Giorgi Diasamidze.