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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

Workers ‘take over’ tea factories, resume operations, by Ram Chandra Adhikari (kp 03/08/2008)

Petro workers strike demanding security (kp 30/07/2008)

Maoist union leaders charged with corruption (kp 21/07/2008)

‘Chameliya hydel workers exploited’ (kp 20/07/2008)

Unpaid BSP workers protest (kp 17/06/2008)

Roll back fuel price hike: Trade unions (ht 13/06/2008)

Chitwan hotels swamped by cancellations during peak season (kp 05/03/2008), Chitwan hotel workers call off protests (kp 14/03/2008), Worker's strike & hospitality, by Raman Grandon (kp 16/03/2008)

Hoteliers flay workers’ strike in Chitwan (kp 26/02/2008)

‘Raise issues of informal sector workers too’ (kp 26/09/2007)

Trade union shuts down Dabur Nepal (kp 11/08/2007)

Unions threaten stir against NWSC lay offs (kp 07/08/2007)

Trade union terror, by Krishna Neupane (kp 03/08/2007)

Sunsari-Morang garment industries 'strike-free' zone (kp 31/07/2007)

Maoist unionists block newspaper distribution (kp 22/07/2007)

NWSC workers to lock central office (kp 18/07/2007)

Eight trade unions to unify (kp 17/07/2007)

Trade union registered (kp 05/07/2007)

350 workers quit Maoist party to return to GFONT (kp 24/06/2007)

Maoist trade union formed at Kantipur (kp 13/06/2007)

Amend bill: Govt employee unions (kp 05/06/2007)

Bill okays trade unions in media houses (samn 09/05/2007)

Laborers mark May Day with fervor (kp 02/05/2007)

Employees demand passage of Civil Service Act (nn 24/04/2007)

Spotlight interview with Binda Pandey, Deputy general secretary of GEFONT (General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions) (Scoop 16/04/2007)

Laws on union rights soon: Speaker (samn 10/04/2007)

Labour unions to form caucus to free Suu Kyi (wi 06/04/2007)

Entrepreneurs to defy bandas (kp 04/03/2007), Trade unions on anti-banda drive (kp 06/03/2007)

Strike closes Bhrikuti paper factory (kp 22/02/2007)

Industries ready to compensate workers (kp 27/01/2007)

Pro-Maoist unions lock Dhulikhel hotels, by Khumansingh Tamang (kp 22/01/2007), Hotels in Dhulikhel reopen (kp 23/01/2007)

Vehicular Movements in Koshi Zone Comes to a Standstill (rn 06/01/2007), Transport strike stalls traffic in Koshi (kp 07/01/2007), Transport strike disrupts life in east (samn 07/01/2007), Transport strike affects normal life in various districts (nn 08/01/2007), Chakkajam continues in eastern region (kp 08/01/2007), Transport strike in eastern region called off (nn 09/01/2007), Eastern region chakkajam called off (kp 09/01/2007)

Enter the ANFTU, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 26/12/2006)

NDCONT established (kp 26/12/2006)

Maoist affiliated ANHWU closes Pokhara hotels, restaurants indefinitely (nn 23/12/2006), Maoists close Pokhara hotels, restaurants indefinitely, by Prem Nepali (kp 23/12/2006), Pokhara hotels and restaurants resume operation (nn 24/12/2006)

Maoist construction workers threaten strike (kp 22/12/2006)

Politics, economy and trade unions, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 20/12/2006)

Trade Union’s convention concludes (kp 04/12/2006)

Peace accord and IR clause, by Narayan Manandhar (kp 02/12/2006)

Workers padlock Pepsi premises, over 150 held captive (kp 02/12/2006)

Maoist trade union lock up managers of Gorkha Brewery (nn 15/11/2006), Strike halts work in Marsyangdi project (samn 15/11/2006)

Tea workers to stir (kp 13/11/2006), Tea workers lock up corporation office (samn 13/11/2006), Tea workers withdraw protest (kp 15/11/2006), NTDC workers end protests (kp 18/11/2006)

Workers demanding pay rise lock up managers of Surya Nepal (nn 10/11/2006), Surya Nepal closed for third day (kp 11/11/2006), Workers free Surya Nepal managers, agree to settle disputes through negotiations (nn 11/11/2006), Surya Nepal, workers reach agreement (kp 12/11/2006), Agitating workers of SNPL get ad hoc raise (13/11/2006)

FM suggests collective bargain to unions (samn 16/08/2006)

Tea garden workers to go on strike from today, by Lila Baral (kp 13/08/2006), Workers’ strike brings work in tea estates and processing units to halt (nn 13/08/2006), Tea workers' protest in full swing (kp 16/08/2006), Tea workers' strike continues (kp 17/08/2006), Tea workers announce more protests (kp 19/08/2006), Committee formed to resolve tea estate woes (kp 22/08/2006), Tea estates resume operation, by Upendra Poudel (kp 29/08/2006)

Withdraw strike: Carpet manufacturers to trade unions (kp 27/07/2006)

Workers call off protest in Nepal, by Bhagirath Yogi (BBC News 24/07/2006)

Maoist trade union warns of fresh strike (kp 09/07/2006)

ANTUF to launch struggle against “contract System” (nn 28/06/2006)

Union rivalry shuts over 30 Nepal firms (Peninsula 26/06/2006)

Globalization, Liberalization and the Nepalese Workers, by Dev Raj Dahal (tg 14/06/2006)

Trade Union Movement in a Newly Established Democracy, by Dev Raj Dahal (tg 07/06/2006)

Transport workers end road blockade (kp 26/05/2006)

Parliament allows senior civil servants to join trade unions (nn 12/05/2006)

Trade unions demand to scrap the labour ordinance (nn 10/05/2006)

WCDB staff demand ED's removal (kp 09/05/2006)

Rally seeks dumping of labour laws (samn 02/05/2006)

May Day celebrated (nn 01/05/2006), Labor Day (kp 02/05/2006)

Opposing labor ordinance, by Bishnu Rimal (kp 05/04/2006)

Trade unions form alliance for democracy (samn 04/04/2006)

Professionals warn of massive agitation (samn 02/04/2006)

Transport workers table 14-pt demand (kp 26/03/2006)

Labourers Hand Over Memo to Labour Department (nln 22/03/2006)

Trade Union leaders oppose the new labour ordinance (nn 13/03/2006)

NEA employees announce fresh protests (nn 04/03/2006)

Yak & Yeti to bid adieu to staff (samn 07/02/2006)

Trade unions demand social security (kp 01/02/2006)

Nepal Laborers Oppose Harsh Labor Laws, by Tribhuwan Paudel (nln 18/12/2005)

Trade unions demand full democracy (samn 14/12/2005)

Skilled manpower lacking (kp 10/12/2005)

Govt charged of coercion (kp 15/11/2005)

Workers at Indian Airlines' Kathmandu office continue strike (nn 02/11/2005)

Laborers organise protest against amendment in Labor Act (nn 02/10/2005)

Labor law reform, by Nama (kp 26/09/2005)

Trade union withdraws protest program (kp 07/09/2005)

NBL employees protest against new regulations (nn 28/08/2005), NBL employees stage cease-work protest (kp 29/08/2005), NBL mgmt declines to fulfill union demands (kp 30/08/2005), NBL suspends ten employees (nn 31/08/2005), The right action (kp 01/09/2005), NBL mgmt ready to hold talks on condition (kp 01/09/2005), NRB invites agitating parties for talks (kp 02/09/2005), NBL management, employees reach into an agreement (nn 04/09/2005)

Now civil servants’ turn to take to streets (kp 20/07/2005), 38 professional orgs warn govt (kp 21/07/2005), Employees announce month long protest program; July 14: ‘Black Day’ for civil servants (kp 22/07/2005), Civil servants to move SC on union right (samn 22/07/2005), Civil servants hit the street (kp 23/07/2005)

Only specified unions to be allowed: Govt., Unions warn of stir (nn 19/07/2005)

Govt bans unions in civil service, by Yuvraj Acharya (kp 09/07/2005), Unions protest proposed amendments (kp 10/07/2005)

INDECONT constituted as new trade union (rn 06/07/2005)

CSA amendments opposed (kp 14/06/2005)

Nepal Telecom employees announce protests (kp 04/06/2005), Telecom unions' ultimatum on cell phone (kp 15/06/2005)

Opportunity to wrest back rights (kp 01/05/2005)

Labour Unions’ regional meet from Feb 2-5 (rn 31/01/2005)

16pt declaration endorsed (kp 15/01/2005)

Maoist labor union threatens to initiate strike (kp 04/01/2005)

GEFONT to hold peace rally in Itahari (kp 14/12/2004)

Taxi drivers’ stir from Dec 8 (ht 05/12/2004), Taxi drivers protest with 9 point demand (kp 14/12/2004), Taxi drivers wreak havoc on streets in Valley (ht 14/12/2004), Govt agrees to address demands of taxi drivers (kp 16/12/2004), Minds Set To Protest, by Bishnu Gautam (rn 19/12/2004)

ANTUF berates govt for not meeting demands (kp 07/11/2004)

Trade Union’s rally (rn 03/11/2004)

NTUF to hold third national meet (rn 16/10/2004)

Informal Sector Workers A Regional Issue, by Raj Kumar K.C. (rn 10/10/2004)

NWSC strike ends, staffers’ demands to be met (ht 10/10/2004)

Strike affects transport service (ht 05/10/2004)

Call for workers’ solidarity against liberalisation (rn 29/09/2004)

Workers in informal sector largely ignored, by Raj Kumar K.C. (rn 28/09/2004)

Unions ask ANTUF-R to withdraw decision (ht 14/09/2004), Unionists’ ultimatum to reopen industries (kp 14/09/2004)

Trade Unions flay ANTUF strike (kp 10/09/2004)

Nepal’s Labourers Unaware, Unorganised For Rights, by Govinda Bhattarai (rn 09/09/2004)

GEFONT urges negotiations (ht 09/09/2004)

Workers see bleak future ahead, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 29/08/2004)

Maoists’ trade union diktat forces industrial shutdown (ht 18/08/2004)

KMC unions to protest outside employees’ induction (ht 14/08/2004)

Soaltee GM says ANTUF-R accusations are baseless (ht 11/08/2004), Workers appeal ANTUF-R to cancel strike (kp 11/08/2004)

GEFONT refutes THT news as fictitious (rn 06/08/2004)

Cement factory strike prolongs (kp 03/08/2004)

Workers press for reopening of Birgunj sugar factory, by Ravi Dahal (ht 03/08/2004)

Trade unions tell govt, agencies to patch up (rn 01/08/2004)

Challenges for social protection in the informal economy (tg 21/07/2004)

NTUF to hold national convention in November (rn 17/07/2004)

‘Union workers vital for development’ (kp 05/06/2004)

Workers demand dignity of labor on May Day (kp 02/05/2005)

Radio Nepal staff detained in office (kp 01/05/2004)

Laborers working under major risk (kp 29/04/2004)

Labour union in Lumbini Sugar Mills go on strike, by Mahendra Thapa (ht 26/03/2004)

ILO campaign to enhance social security coverage (rn 26/03/2004), Social security campaign begins (ht 26/03/2004), Workers’ Social Security, by Ramesh K. Sharma (rn 27/03/2004), Social Security For All (rn 27/03/2004)

Teachers’ bodies form union (ht 28/01/2004)

Industries running against Labour Act-2048, by Sunil Neupane (ht 28/12/2003)

GEFONT, NTUC may merge (Himalayan Times, 26/06/2003)

ILO signs agreements with GeFONT, DECONT (Kathmandu Post, 20/06/2003)

2 trade unions express solidarity with 5 parties (Himalayan Times, 22/05/2003)

DECONT general convention begins (Rising Nepal, 08/02/2003)

Trade unions to lobby for flexible labour laws (Space Time Today, 14/12/2002)

Trade unions, unification process and hope, by Govinda P. Acharya (Kathmandu Post, 14/06/2002)

GEFONT, NTUC to work jointly (Kathmandu Post, 30/04/2002)

NTUC, GEFONT move towards working unity (Rising Nepal, 12/02/2002)

Uniting Labourers (Rising Nepal, 03/05/2001)

Labour leaders call for SAARC forum of trade unions (Rising Nepal, 03/05/2001)

NTUC, GEFONT press for end to service charge row in tourism (Rising Nepal, 31/03/2001)

GeFONT, NTUC for fresh talks to end TSC row (Kathmandu Post, 22/03/2001)

Hotel workers appeal ILO to pressurize govt (Kathmandu Post, 21/03/2001)

NBL employees discuss trade union strategy (Rising Nepal, 18/03/2001); see also editorial Trade Union Partnership (Rising Nepal, 21/03/2001)

ESPA no solution to service tax row, by Shree Ram Subedi (Kathmandu Post, 18/03/2001)

Hotel workers withdraw strike: ILO to protest govt decision (Kathmandu Post, 17/03/2001)

Essential Service Act clamped on hotel employees, by Shree Ram Subedi (Kathmandu Post, 16/03/2001)

Hotel employees to begin strike today, by Shree Ram Subedi (Kathmandu Post, 15/03/2001)

Hoteliers move court against unionists' strikes, by Navin Singh Khadka (Rising Nepal, 08/03/2001)

Workers flay move to ban strike, by Bijay Babu Khatri (Kathmandu Post, 13/12/2000)

A decade of labour movement in Nepal, by Narayan Manandhar (Kathmandu Post, 21/11/2000)

Task force to unify trade unions formed (Rising Nepal, 23/10/2000)

Report on Union rights made public (Rising Nepal, 30/09/2000)

Trade Unions working to form apex body (Kathmandu Post, 28/08/2000)

Government directs PEs to hold talks with unions, by K. P. Sharma (Sunday Despatch, 13/08/2000)

NTUC says it will oppose new pay scheme (Rising Nepal, 04/08/2000)

Trade unions must unite for greater strength (Rising Nepal, 29/07/2000)

Rights sought for women as workers (Rising Nepal, 24/07/2000)

Trade unions to combat child labour (Kathmandu Post, 21/07/2000)

Trade union movement: Scattered And Lacking Focus, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 05/05/2000), including interviews with Dinesh Chapagain, chairman of MISSION, and Rajendra Kumar Khetan, vice president of FNCCI

GEFONT against hasty privatisation (Rising Nepal, 05/05/2000)

Union leaders flay vested interests (Kathmandu Post, 05/05/2000)

Call issued against globalization (Kathmandu Post, 03/05/2000)

Nepal praises GEFONT for its contributions (Rising Nepal, 02/05/2000)

Union leaders flay government (Kathmandu Post, 01/05/2000)

GEFONT congress from May 1 (Rising Nepal, 27/04/2000)

Meet aims at unity of leftist teachers (Rising Nepal 10/01/2000)

Background

Labour Nepal, a web site organized by GEFONT

General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT), close to CPN-UML

Nepal Trade Union Congress (NTUC), close to Nepali Congress

Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Unions (DECONT)

Trade Union Act

Basic information on Nepali trade unions

Trade Union Movement in Nepal: An Introduction