Disarray
in Trade Union Rights in Nepal, by Anupam Bhattarai
(rep 01/05/2024)
Promote
Pro-worker Economy, by Parmeshwar Devkota (rn
03/12/2023)
Trade
unions neglected on climate change issues: ITUC-NAC
(kh 27/11/2023)
NTUC
demand minimum wage of workers be determined without
delay (rep 28/07/2023)
Trade
Union Congress prepares for election to get new
leadership, by Raghab Sharma (kh 21/06/2023)
Transportation
workers, entrepreneurs withdraw protest after
agreement with government (rep 14/02/2023)
Workers
announce public transport strike in Kathmandu
from Tuesday (kh 13/02/2023), Talks
between govt and agitating transport workers
underway (kh 14/02/2023), Protesting
transporters to halt services in Kathmandu : On
Monday, they staged a protest around the Gongabu
Buspark area disrupting vehicular movement.
Protesters also vandalised a nearby shopping
mall (kp 14/02/2023), Transport
workers’ protest causes loss of millions of
rupees worth property (rep 14/02/2023)
It's
a hard life for low-wage Nepali tea workers :
The tea industry is one of the oldest and
largest export-oriented sectors in the country,
but it has no social protection scheme, by
Arjun Rajbanshi (kp 01/12/2022)
Workers
in the eyes of political parties : Don't take them for
granted anymore, by Ajay Kumar Rai (ht 23/06/2022)
Nepal
Trade Union Congress to hold nat’l conference on June
12-13 (kh 10/06/2022)
Trade
unions postpone agitation following talks with Minister
Ale (kh 12/10/2021)
Unions
set up roadblock against long stalled aviation bills :
The trade unions say they fear the government will
gradually privatise the airports, causing them to lose
their perks and pay, by Sangam Prasain (kp
12/08/2021)
HAN
signs new agreement with trade unions Monthly salary of
staffers further reduced to as low as Rs 2,000 (ht
28/01/2021)
Council
of trade unions slams employers (ht 27/11/2020)
Restaurants
to provide employees uniform pay: Restaurant workers
demand at least their basic salary, saying that the
decision to cut their salaries came unilaterally, by
Krishana Prasain (kp 26/07/2020)
Workers’
unions refuse to obey HAN’s decision (ht
05/05/2020), Hoteliers
agree to pay their staff for Chaitra but yet to decide
about coming months: Trade unions want government to
enforce its decision on wages for workers, by
Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 06/05/2020)
Over
70 percent of industrial workers denied pay, survey
finds: A majority of employers in the formal sector
flouted government order and withheld their staff
salaries for the month of Chaitra, by Chandan Kumar
Mandal (kp 04/05/2020)
Labour
Day marks pain for workers this year, by Arpana Ale
Magar (ht 02/05/2020)
CAAN
workers threaten to halt aviation services (ht
26/12/2019)
Workers
of all hues need to unite: Organising workers in trade
unions is key to implementing the new labour-related
laws, by Himalaya Kharel (kp 01/11/2019)
Unhappy
with promised perks, pyre burners doubt implementation
of the trust’s decision: The indifference of the
Pashupati Trust to their demand for better pay and perks
led cremators to halt the pyre-burning task, by Anup
Ojha (kp 25/10/2019)
Hotel
workers give 21-day ultimatum: Workers threaten protest
on the eve of Visit Nepal Year (rep 01/10/2019)
Women
construction workers: Organising for change: More and
more women construction workers are joining unions as
they help with claiming compensation; Women still earn
almost 30 percent less than men for the same
work, by Feyzi Ismail (kp 17/07/2019)
Street
vendors censure city’s plan to auction off goods seized
from them: Nepal Street Vendors Trade Union demands
alternative space to run their ‘business’, by Anup
Ojha (kp 22/06/2019)
Hyatt
Regency shuts down operations: The decision follows a
tussle between workers and management, by Sangam
Prasain (kp 18/06/2019)
Tea
estates in Ilam bear the brunt of workers protest,
by Biplab Bhattarai (kp 03/05/2019), Losses
to tea industry from workers’ strike top Rs 1 billion,
by Arjun Rajbansi (kp 08/05/2019), Tea
workers intensify protest demanding implementation of
minimum pay, by Yuvraj Bibas (rep 08/05/2019), Protesting
tea workers in Jhapa say they are starving, by Arjun
Rajbanshi (kp 10/05/2019)
Women
working in informal sectors put forward five-point
demand to labor ministr, by Somam Lama (rep
02/05/2019)
A
cup full of woes for tea estate workers: An ongoing
standoff between tea estate workers and tea factories is
expected to result in production losses of 20 percent,
by Biplav Bhattarai (kp 28/04/2019)
Tea
estate workers in east demand minimum wages, by
Parbat Portel (kp 02/04/2019)
Trade
unions
to shut down restaurants: Demands roll back of the
decision by Restaurant and Bar Association of
Nepal to scrap 10 percent mandatory service charge
(kp 04/02/2019), Restaurant
workers
strike to restore service charge: Employees of four big
restaurants in the Kathmandu Valley the Post talked to
said they were worried about losing a large part of
their salary, by Krishana Prasain (kp 05/02/2019), Trade
unions
postpone plan to shut down restaurants: Hospitality
sector awaits the legal definition of service charge
from the Labour Department, by Krishana Prasain (kp
06/02/2019)
Government
signs deal with official trade union, by Prithvi Man
Shrestha (kp 05/01/2019)
Women
tea
estate workers form union: Male workers in tea factories
of Ilam and Panchthar get Rs 400 per day while women
workers get only Rs 300 (kp 08/12/2018)
Most
workers in tea industry are temporary: Only 3,244 of
over 3 million workers permanent: Survey, by Bhim
Chapagain (rep 06/08/2018)
NCP
gives
aug 21 deadline to suboridate bodies for unification:
Unification of trade unions remains a big challenge for
the governing NCP (kp 03/08/2018)
Deuba
faction faces humiliating defeat in Trade Union Congress
(rep 17/06/2018)
Staff
unions warn against rights curbs (kp 01/06/2018)
Federal
civil service bill: Single apolitical union proposed;
Experts say proposed provision will help clean up
bureaucracy (kp 27/05/2018), Power
to the party: Govt bill legalising a single union to
represent all civil servants could make ruling CPN even
stronger (kp 28/05/2018)
Unions
halt services at Manipal hospital (ht 23/05/2018)
Workers’
protest forces noodle factory to halt operation (ht
23/05/2018)
We’re
committed to ILO principles, treaties: PM (kp
02/05/2018), Better
employer-employee ties brighten May Day event (kp
02/05/2018)
Trade
union asks govt to endorse Federal Civil Service Act
(rep 23/04/2018)
Labour
Act-2017 hailed for ensuring workers’ wellbeing (kp
02/01/2018)
Working
safe: Occupational Safety and Health is an important
component of ensuring decent work for all, by
Richard Howard and Ayushma Basnyat (rep 03/12/2017)
Labour
shortage: Plucking leaves no more workers’ cup of tea,
by Chandra Karki (kp 07/10/2017)
NRB
trade union: ‘If mgmt changes retirement policy, we’ll
protest’ (kp 11/09/2017)
Fulbari
extends ‘golden handshake’ to 120 staff, by Lal
Prasad Sharma (kp 08/09/2017), 117
workers make formal Fulbari exit, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 10/09/2017), Fulbari
Resort lays off all staff, by Santosh Pokharel (rep
13/09/2017)
Going
nowhere: Trade unions have made no significant
contribution to the country’s development, by Kabi
Adhikari (kp 11/08/2017)
Civil
service
employees’ union demands salary hike (ht 25/05/2017)
Textile
factory
staffers demand payment of outstanding salary (ht
21/05/2017)
May
Day
celebrated amid improved labour relations, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 02/05/2017)
Service
charge
row drawing to an end: HAN, trade unions plan on
settling the dispute while neglecting consumers' issues
(ht 22/03/2017)
Minister
for
single trade union at NT (ht 20/03/2017)
Unpaid
airport
project workers walk off job, by Sangam Prasain (kp
18/03/2017)
HAN,
trade
unions agree to review 20-point pact (ht 15/02/2017)
Agitating
hotel,
restaurant staffers warn of further protests (ht
12/02/2017)
Service
charge
issue reignites as workers demand entire amount: Hotels,
customers want end to compulsory tip that is added to
bill (kp 23/01/2017), Trade
unions
give 3-week ultimatum to hotels (rep 23/01/2017), Meeting
between
hotels, workers ends fruitless (kp 28/01/2017)
ILO
vows
to intensify cooperation with Nepal (ht 15/12/2016)
Workers
deprived
of basic facilities, by Tekendra Basyal (rep
07/11/2016)
Curb
Excessive Trade Unionism (rn 27/10/2016)
Toil
and
trouble: Labour Act deprives domestic workers of basic
labour rights that all other workers enjoy, at least at
policy level, by Tara Kanel (kp 02/10/2016)
Labour
unrest
ends after issues settled, by Shankar Acharya (kp
27/08/2016)
Govt
holds
first civil service trade union election, by Gyan P.
Neupane (rep 02/06/2016), UML-tied
civil
service union gets most votes (kp 03/06/2016), UML's
trade
union wins most votes (rep 03/06/2016),
Civil
Servants Vs Party Activists, by Bishnu Gautam (rn
07/06/2016) [!!]
Nepal
marks
May Day amid improved labour relations, by Bibek
Subedi (kp 02/05/2016), Guarantee
decent
working conditions for all: WOREC (ht 02/05/2016), Toiling
hard
for livelihood, workers unaware of May Day (ht
02/05/2016), Tillers
stage
rally demanding liberation (ht 02/05/2016)
Teachers’
unions
announce merger (ht 02/05/2016)
Civil
servants’
bodies clash over trade union election, by Tika R.
Pradhan (ht 12/04/2016)
Union
officials
barred from using company property: Bank managers have
been complaining that the increased involvement of trade
union officials in their own activities has hampered the
work culture at their institutions (kp 23/01/2016)
Pity
the
workersInternational Trade Union Confederation needs to
do more for Nepali migrant workers, by Nagesh
Koirala (kp 27/12/2015)
General
strike
cripples Saptari (ht 02/09/2015)
Unions
call
off protests after NEA backtracks (kp 28/08/2015)
Workers
rally
for labour rights (kp 19/08/2015)
SC
interim
order against trade unions (ht 11/04/2015), SC
bars
trade unions from political activities till May 11
(rep 11/04/2015), SC
discontinues
interim order of limiting trade unions' activities
(rep 22/04/2015)
Minister
Pandit
irked by civil service trade unions: Accuses unions of
unprofessional activities (rep 24/03/2015)
KMC
employees
demand security (ht 13/03/2015)
Project
staff
claim shares: The memorandum submitted to the project in
the name of the Nepal Electric Painter Construction
Workers’ Union has demanded 500 shares per worker,
by Rajendra Manandhar (kp 04/03/2015)
Public
Service For People And TUI Congress, by Premal Kumar
Khanal (rn 13/02/2015)
Health
unions
say strike will continue (ht 13/01/2015), Health
trade
unions reach deal with MoHP, call off hunger strike
(ht 25/01/2015) |