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On the national gathering on current issues related to outsourced workers and the labor market
As the contribution-based social security system implemented by Nepali trade unions since the 27th of November 2018, which was established after a long struggle of almost two decades, enters its seventh year, GEFONT President Binod Shrestha has said that while protecting the achievements, it is necessary to work even harder for accomplishing greater ambitions.
He said this at a national gathering organized by the Joint Trade Union Coordination Center (JTUCC) on November 25 on the problems of outsourced workers, implementation of social security, and contemporary issues regarding the labor market.
President Shrestha emphasized that the entire labor movement should work together to fulfill the responsibility of protecting the achievements of the movement by breaking the hoax against social security while advancing for the prosperity of the working people.
At the gathering chaired by JTUCC President Yogendra Kunwar, ANTUF President Jagat Simkhada spoke about the problems of outsourced workers and the role that trade unions should play.
Implementation of contribution-based social security; a success of trade union movement: President Binod Shrestha
General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) President Binod Shrestha has said that the implementation of contribution-based social security is a success for Nepal's trade union movement.
President Shrestha said this while addressing a provincial-level labor conference organized by the Joint Trade Union Coordination Center (JTUCC) Far-west Province Coordination Committee in Dhangadhi on December 23.
President Shrestha said that just as retired government employees receive pensions, 587 workers from across the country who are affiliated with the contribution-based social security fund are also receiving pensions and many workers are receiving service facilities for being affiliated with the fund. However, we trade unionists are not satisfied with the speed and effectiveness with which it is being implemented.
Emphasizing the need for a unified trade union to solve the problems emerging in Nepal's labor market, President Shrestha said that everyone should move forward together to make the labor movement successful by saying not “I” but “we”.
The program was attended by Dev Bahadur Bam, Coordinator of the Cooperative Management Department of GEOFNT, Provincial President Jit Bahadur Malla, JTUCC board members and local leaders of JTUCC.
