A joint meeting was held between the Ministry for Labor, the Petroleum Authority, the Mongolian Employer”s Federation, the Ministry for Mining, the Mongolian Labor Union, the Union of Mongolian Transportation, the Refinery Trade Unions of Mongolia and the Trade Union of PetroChina. The meeting was held on Tuesday to discuss the issue between PetroChina LLC which runs the oil related operation in Tamsag area in Matad sum in Dornod aimag and its employees.

Employees of PetroChina Daqing Tamsag delivered the following requests via their Trade Union to the company authorities last August.

The requirements included:

Workers wages to be increased by no less than 50 percent,
Re-scheduling of 40 working days and 20 days day off,
Improvements to working conditions and environment.

Even the Prime Minister called on the company authorities because of circumstances and requirements when he visited October last year. But the company failed to follow through on the promises made, so Mongolian workers announced a strike.

The Ministry for Labor managed to coordinate a meeting between both parties in order to hear both sides’ opinions on the case.

According to the Mongolian workers of PetroChina Daqing Tamsag the company tried to fool them by accounting overtime wage and bonuses onto the base pay as if it were an increase to the whole pay and that the company failed to adhere to the Prime Minister`s orders to increase wages by the 1st January in 2013.

Some claim the company did not even increase wages at all.

PetroChina Daqing Tamsag LLC claims that the company has increased wages by a certain percent and has changed its payroll.

The Petroleum Authority requested both parties to cooperate and  to respect the related laws and regulations considering the sector itself is risky due to big investments and may give benefits for a long time.

At the end of the meeting, PetroChina Daqing Tamsag promised to negotiate with their directors in order to solve the problem and increase wages and improve working conditions according to the Government`s requirement and reply to the request.