The failure of the dialogue means, the workers will halt supply of petroleum products throughout the country, including the capital, on Monday as well.
"The dialogue couldn´t reach to any conclusion as the workers didn´t change their stand on minimum wage, which the dealers can´t fulfill," Saroj Pandey, president of Nepal Petroleum Dealers´ Association, said, after the meeting. "We demanded one month time to do groundwork on implementing Labor Act in petrol pumps after holding discussions with other members across the country. However, the workers didn´t accept our demand," added Pandey.
Around 12,000 workers are employed in over 2,200 petrol pumps across the country.
The workers started their protest on Saturday, bringing sales of petroleum products to a grinding halt, to press the employers to enforce minimum wage, fix eight-hour working period, health and accident insurance facility among other demands. They had withdrawn their protest programs on Friday, after the Ministry of Labor and Transport Management invited them for talks.
Due to the strike, most of the petrol pumps in the capital, except some cooperative run pumps, remained closed, leading to crisis of petroleum products.
The workers and the petroleum dealers are sitting for talks on Tuesday.
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