a) How do you assess present labour movement in Nepal?
Generally we have four trends in our trade union movement- i) the unions recognised and legalised by the trade union act of 2049, ii) unions appear time to time as the labour outfit of different political parties, iii) associations of employees running as the frontal organisations of various interest groups and iv) union emerged as the by-product of the decade-long insurgency. Combining activities of these all you can name it as the “labour movement” of Nepal. However, present state of our movement is fragmented- we are just being able to unite these forces issue-wise only. Such unity has also multiple folds- GEFONT along with NTUC, has formed a joint board in order to promote One Union idea; DECONT is with us in issue-wise activities. Remaining political groupings are in a loose-type of common platform. However, we are very much dreaming of “One Union-Umbrella” combining all in post-transitional period.
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