About 150 people from Kunan Service LLP and Akadi Holding LLP are demanding higher wages and the merger of the companies.
According to Lada.kz, the strikers said that they had already met with the management of MangistauMunaiGas and KazMunaiGas, but the negotiations led nowhere.
"We want a merger of these two companies, as well as a 50 per cent increase in wages. In addition, payments of 50 monthly calculation indices for five professional holidays. We also demand timely pension contributions, and that holiday pay be given in full", the workers stated.
It will be recalled that in December last year, in the village of Zhetibay in the Mangistau region, about 500 workers from the company West Oil Software went on strike, demanding a transfer to the national company KazMunaiGas and the setting of wage levels in accordance with the national company's unified pay system. At the same time, it was reported that the average salary at West Oil Software LLP was over 700,000 tenge. On the same day, the local court, in a closed hearing without the participation of trade unions, declared the strike illegal.
The then head of KMG, Magzum Mirzagaliyev, stated that the company could not take the striking workers onto its payroll, and the prosecutor's office announced the initiation of a criminal case due to the strike. Later, 7 striking workers were questioned by the police, and the company West Oil Software announced their dismissal.