ULAANBAATAR: Doctors and other health workers held a press conference Wednesday evening (Nov 5) and formally announced they will go on strike starting Thursday, November 13.
The executive council of the Mongolian Healthcare Workers’ Union met in an extraordinary session and decided to initiate a collective labour dispute under Article 25, Clause 1.2 of the Labour Law and to declare a strike, after their demand for a basic salary of MNT 3.5 million (US$978) remained unresolved.
The executive council will attach its meeting resolution and submit an official notice to the Ministry of Health Thursday (November 5). Under the law, the strike will begin five working days after the notification is delivered, which places the start date on November 13. - Go Go Mongolia/ANN
