Oil workers in an energy-rich region in Kazakhstan ended on Wednesday their six-day strike, after the drilling company employing them agreed to raise salaries and lift opposition to union leader choices.
Around 2,300 workers had started the industrial action in the western town of Zhanaozen on September 30, demanding that private drilling firm Burgylau adopt the salary system of Kazakhstan’s state company KazMunayGaz, which is also the largest employer in the country’s oil industry. Burgylau has agreed to use a salary review system similar to that of KazMunayGaz, EurasiaNet.org reports.
