Ulaanbaatar
‘Mongolia Labour Forum-2018’ takes place
Society
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The ‘Mongolia Labour Forum-2018’ initiated by the International Center for Labour Solidarity (ICLS) commenced in Ulaanbaatar on September 27. Representatives of the trade unions of transport sector held discussions on reducing unemployment, restricting unemployment caused by technological development and decreasing gap between male and female employees.
Over 80 representatives of railway, road and maritime transport from 11 countries including Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, New Zealand, Australia and Myanmar are participating the forum organized by the Association of Mongolian Railway Trade Unions.
Director of the Association of Mongolian Railway Trade Unions B.Bayaraa said “Unemployment increases with the development of advanced technologies. Participants from Japan and Korea noted that automation on the railways led to job cuts in their country. Introducing advanced technologies is reasonable, however, for the country like ours with small population and vast territory cutting jobs due to automation is undesirable. It will increase poverty. Therefore, we made our mission to provide the employee with the opportunity to keep and convert their jobs. The Japanese work culture demands to respect the employee. They sign the contract with employees on equal conditions and grow together. As for Mongolia, the lack of trade unions, job keeping system and wage gap are the main drawbacks.”
General Secretary of the ICLS Satoru Yamada shared his opinion, saying “ICLS has 11 member countries. The countries gather at the biennial labour forum. This year, the countries sharing their experiences on protection of employees’ rights in connection with the automation. Every enterprise and organization should cooperate with the trade unions and protect their employees’ rights.”
The forum will run for two days and the outcomes will be presented to the Governments and employers of the member countries.
