Nepal Street Vendors' Union (NEST)
Nepal Street Vendors Union (NEST) organises self-employed in streets vendors including cleaning utensils, fixing stoves, selling vegetables and fruits, clothes on footpath on mat or floor.
The first gathering of the street vendor workers of Kathmandu valley in January 9, 2003 established the union central committee. The central committee registered the union in department of labour in May 23, 2003; its registration number is 87.
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NEST Bhimdatta Nagar Committee demands management of workplace.
Nepal Street Vendors' Union (NEST) Thela Bazar Unit Bhimdatta Municipal Committee has submitted a letter of attention regarding management of workplace in Bhimdatta Municipality.
In the attention letter submitted on the 4th of August, 9 issues including the continuation of the halted building process of Thela Bazar, management of toilets, registration of self-employed workers, confiscation of goods of self-employed workers by the city police, and stopping of house arrests are mentioned.
Nepal Street Vendors’ Union (NEST) completes the 40th Central Committee meeting
The 40th central committee meeting of the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) affiliated union Nepal Street Vendors’ Union was held successfully on the 13th of September at the GEFONT Trade Union School.
In the meeting presided over by the central president Maya Gurung, GEFONT president Binod Shrestha addressed the meeting and said that the coordination between the structure of GEFONT and the union, the problems seen in the organization, and its strengths and shortcomings should be reviewed in the meeting and future meetings should be held based on the conclusion of the review.
Chairman Shrestha said that the meeting should discuss market management, the problems of the union workers, the leadership development of youth and women, and the role of the union itself and GEFONT in the meeting and wished the meeting success. GEFONT Vice President Bidur Karki and General Secretary Laxman Sharma were also present in the meeting.
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