the locals hate fronterra21 Apr 2020 17:18
some light on how the georgians view fronterra.... Just for your info, if you didn't already know and I do not hold this or have ever held FRR stock.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/investor-standoff-georgia-brings-workers-us-congressmen-conflict/
excerpts..
Yet the reality for the roughly 100 Frontera workers has been less rosy. For the past two years, Frontera workers in eastern Georgia have not received their wages on time - either being paid late or not at all. As several workers have told me, this has led to a situation where some employees are owed up to 11 - and even 14 - months of wages. They were patient at first, thinking this was temporary. After unsuccessful attempts to get their unpaid wages through the company, in November 2019 Frontera workers held two protests in Tbilisi. A couple of weeks after these protests, which were not well covered by the media, Frontera laid off 84 workers. Eight office workers lost their jobs before this, having refused to go on unpaid leave. Instead of receiving their wages, they are facing unemployment.
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Given their deteriorating relationship with the company, workers in the town believe that Frontera has little intention of ever paying their salaries. The whole town, they claim, is unified in stopping the company from taking out the rest of the reserves.