AQTAU -- Some 500 Kazakh oil workers have gathered at the Qarazhanbasmunai oil company's office in western Kazakhstan to protest a government offer to work in other parts of the country, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports
The protesting oil workers in Aqtau — many of whom have been fired for taking part in a mass strike that started in May — have collected signatures for a petition demanding their previous jobs in Manghystau Oblast be returned to them.
