Workers’ News 715 (December 30, 2025)

श्रमिक खबर ७१४ (१४ पुस २०८२) - Workers’ News 714 (December 29, 2025)

Workers’ News 713 | December 28, 2025 Welcome to Workers’ News — created by workers, for workers! In this episode: 🔹 An interaction program organized by ITUC Nepal Affiliated Council (ITUC-NAC) in Lalitpur focused on worker registration at the local level and the inclusion of informal-sector workers in the contribution-based Social Security Scheme. 🔹 GEFONT President Binod Shrestha emphasized the vital role of local governments in collecting data, registering informal workers, and ensuring their access to social security. 🔹 Updates from the Social Security Fund on nationwide campaigns to expand coverage to formal, informal, and self-employed workers. 🔹 Nepal and Saudi Arabia are set to sign a ministerial-level labour agreement during the Global Labour Market Conference in January 2026. 🔹 CUPPEC-Nepal conducted training programs in Bhaktapur on worker registration and labour desks. 🔹 Formation of a Conference Organizing Committee by CUPPEC-Nepal’s Dharan Sub-Metropolitan Committee. 🙏 Thank you for watching Workers’ News — created by workers, for workers! Don’t forget to LIKE, COMMENT & SUBSCRIBE for more labour updates and trade union news. 🎥 Produced by: GEFONT Media Team 🎙️ A program by: General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) 📅 Date: December 28, 2025 | 13 Push 2082 🔗 Follow us for more updates: 🌐 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GEFONT.Nepal 🌐 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gefontnepal 🌐 Website: https://gefont.org/ 🗣️ Prepared by workers, for workers. Don’t forget to Like | Share | Subscribe for more labour news and updates from GEFONT Nepal. 🔖 Hashtags #GEFONT #WorkersNews #ITUCNAC #TradeUnionsNepal #WorkersRights #SocialSecurity #InformalWorkers #LabourDesk #WorkerRegistration #SaudiArabia #BilateralMeeting #cuppec #LabourPolicy #NepalLabour #Solidarity #DecentWork

Workers’ News 712 | December 26, 2025 Welcome to Workers’ News — created by workers, for workers! In this episode: 🔹 ILO Nepal highlights the importance of including informal and self-employed workers in social security schemes to reduce poverty. 🔹 GEFONT Kageshwori–Manohara Municipal Committee holds its 6th meeting and nominates trade union representatives to the municipal labour desk. 🔹 CUPPEC-Nepal Sunsari District Committee conducts an extended meeting, discusses its upcoming national congress, and provides solidarity support to a fire-affected worker leader. 🔹 Independent Transport Workers’ Association, Nepal forms new unit committees and expands membership across Bagmati and Lumbini Provinces. 🙏 Thank you for watching Workers’ News — created by workers, for workers! Don’t forget to LIKE, COMMENT & SUBSCRIBE for more labour updates and trade union news. 🎥 Produced by: GEFONT Media Team 🎙️ A program by: General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) 📅 Date: December 26, 2025 | 11 Push 2082 🔗 Follow us for more updates: 🌐 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GEFONT.Nepal 🌐 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gefontnepal 🌐 Website: https://gefont.org/ 🗣️ Prepared by workers, for workers. Don’t forget to Like | Share | Subscribe for more labour news and updates from GEFONT Nepal. 🔖 Hashtags #GEFONT #WorkersNews #LabourRights #SocialSecurity #InformalWorkers #TradeUnions #ILO #CUPPEC #ITWAN #WorkersSolidarity #NepalLabour #UnionMovement #DecentWork #workersvoices

Workers’ News 711 | December 25, 2025 Welcome to Workers’ News — created by workers, for workers! In this episode: 🎄 GEFONT extends heartfelt Christmas wishes to Nepali Christian workers at home and abroad on the occasion of Christmas Day. 🏫 Bhutandevi Secondary School in Hetauda becomes Nepal’s first community school to enroll its teachers and staff into the Contribution-Based Social Security Fund using internal resources, setting an exemplary model for social security inclusion. 🤝 GEFONT Solidarity Fund provides financial support to the family of a WHIN member who passed away due to cancer while working at Bagmati Plastic, Biratnagar. 💄 NABUN Bagmati Province organizes a beauticians’ gathering in Godavari, Lalitpur, and forms a new 7-member local committee to strengthen organization. 🙏 Thank you for watching Workers’ News — created by workers, for workers! Don’t forget to LIKE, COMMENT & SUBSCRIBE for more labour updates and trade union news. 🎥 Produced by: GEFONT Media Team 🎙️ A program by: General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) 📅 Date: December 25, 2025 | 10 Push 2082 🔗 Follow us for more updates: 🌐 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GEFONT.Nepal 🌐 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gefontnepal 🌐 Website: https://gefont.org/ 🗣️ Prepared by workers, for workers. Don’t forget to Like | Share | Subscribe for more labour news and updates from GEFONT Nepal. 🔖 Hashtags #GEFONT #WorkersNews #TradeUnionNepal #WorkersRights #SocialSecurity #ContributionBasedSocialSecurity #SolidarityFund #ChristmasGreetings #LabourMovement #UnionStrong #NepalLabour #BeauticiansUnion #NABUN #WHIN #workersforworkers

Workers’ News 710 | December 24, 2025 Welcome to Workers’ News — created by workers, for workers! In this episode: 🔹 JTGCWUN 10th National Convention The Jute, Garment, Carpet & Textile Workers’ Union (JTGCWUN), affiliated with GEFONT, successfully held its 10th National Convention in Biratnagar. A new 13-member Central Committee was elected under the leadership of Phulmaya Lama. GEFONT President Binod Shrestha highlighted the future direction of the trade union movement, the need to amend the Labour Act in line with changing realities, and the importance of technology and political engagement in strengthening unions. 🔹 CUPPEC-Nepal Hetauda Convention CUPPEC-Nepal’s Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan Committee held its 10th Convention, electing a 15-member committee under the leadership of Purna Sakkal Dev Mandal. The convention focused on workers’ rights, organizational strengthening, and collective bargaining. 🙏 Thank you for watching Workers’ News — created by workers, for workers! Don’t forget to LIKE, COMMENT & SUBSCRIBE for more labour updates and trade union news. 🎥 Produced by: GEFONT Media Team 🎙️ A program by: General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) 📅 Date: December 24, 2025 | 9 Push 2082 🔗 Follow us for more updates: 🌐 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GEFONT.Nepal 🌐 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gefontnepal 🌐 Website: https://gefont.org/ 🗣️ Prepared by workers, for workers. Don’t forget to Like | Share | Subscribe for more labour news and updates from GEFONT Nepal. 🔖 Hashtags #GEFONT #WorkersNews #TradeUnionNepal #LabourRights #WorkersMovement #JTGCWUN #CUPPECNepal #UnionConvention #WorkersSolidarity #LabourAct #DecentWork #NepalWorkers #TradeUnionMovement #workersforworkers

Workers’ News 709 | December 23, 2025 Welcome to Workers’ News, a news bulletin created by workers, for workers. In this episode: 🔹 NABUN Training & Planning Workshop The National Beauticians’ Union, Nepal (NABUN), affiliated with GEFONT, organized a two-day training and planning workshop at GEFONT School, Anamnagar. The program focused on strengthening trade union knowledge, leadership development, organizational skills, and adopting technology-friendly working methods. 🔹 Auto Mechanics Workers’ Gathering in Tanahun The Auto Mechanics Damauli Unit Committee under the Independent Transport Workers’ Association, Nepal (ITWAN), held a district-level gathering highlighting organizational management, contribution-based social security, and road accident reduction. 🔹 Social Security Access for Construction Workers CUPPEC-Nepal organized a program in Hetauda, Makwanpur, to promote and strengthen construction workers’ access to contribution-based social security, with the participation of central union leaders. 🙏 Thank you for watching Workers’ News — created by workers, for workers! Don’t forget to LIKE, COMMENT & SUBSCRIBE for more labour updates and trade union news. 🎥 Produced by: GEFONT Media Team 🎙️ A program by: General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) 📅 Date: December 23, 2025 | 8 Push 2082 🔗 Follow us for more updates: 🌐 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GEFONT.Nepal 🌐 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gefontnepal 🌐 Website: https://gefont.org/ 🗣️ Prepared by workers, for workers. Don’t forget to Like | Share | Subscribe for more labour news and updates from GEFONT Nepal. 🔖 Hashtags #GEFONT #WorkersNews #TradeUnionNepal #LabourRights #WorkersDialogue #SocialSecurity #ContributionBasedSocialSecurity #NABUN #ITWAN #CUPPEC #UnionTraining #WorkersSolidarity #DecentWork #WorkersForWorkers

Workers’ News 708 | December 22, 2025 Welcome to Workers’ News, a news bulletin created by workers, for workers. In this episode: 🔹 NIHWU marks its 46th Foundation Day by awarding the Late Madhav Neupane Memorial Scholarship and Best Trade Union Award, highlighting challenges faced by outsourced workers in the hotel sector. 🔹 The 10th Convention of WHIN – Eastern Sugar Mills Unit elects new leadership and advisory committees. 🔹 CUPPEC-Nepal organizes a Bagmati Province–level training program on labour laws, organizational history, and labour desk establishment. 🔹 The PABSEU DAV Kedia School Unit holds its third convention and elects a new committee. 🔹 NABUN carries out organizational strengthening activities in Lalitpur and Bagmati Province. 🔹 GEFONT Myagdi District successfully secures compensation, funeral support, and employment for the family of a hydropower worker who lost his life in a workplace accident. 🙏 Thank you for watching Workers’ News — created by workers, for workers! Don’t forget to LIKE, COMMENT & SUBSCRIBE for more labour updates and trade union news. 🎥 Produced by: GEFONT Media Team 🎙️ A program by: General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) 📅 Date: December 22, 2025 | 7 Push 2082 🔗 Follow us for more updates: 🌐 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GEFONT.Nepal 🌐 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gefontnepal 🌐 Website: https://gefont.org/ 🗣️ Prepared by workers, for workers. Don’t forget to Like | Share | Subscribe for more labour news and updates from GEFONT Nepal. 🔖 Hashtags #GEFONT #WorkersNews #TradeUnionNepal #LabourRights #WorkersSolidarity #NIHWU #WHIN #CUPPEC #PABSEU #NABUN #UpperMyagdi #DecentWork #SocialJustice #UnionMovement #NepalLabour #WorkersVoice #OccupationalSafety #TradeUnions #WorkingClass #labourupdates

Workers’ News 707 | December 21, 2025 Welcome to Workers’ News, a news bulletin created by workers, for workers. In this episode: 🔹 The 11th National Congress of CPN-UML elects a new 301-Central Committee member under the leadership of KP Sharma Oli, with several GEFONT leaders elected from workers’ and women’s clusters. 🔹 The International Labour Organization (ILO) completes a Training of Trainers program, introducing a union-based approach to co-creative training manuals. 🔹 CUPPEC-Nepal forms a new committee in Pokhara Metropolitan City, while the Kaski District Women’s Committee holds its meeting. 🔹 NEVA (Nepal Health Volunteers Association) organizes a discussion in Karnali Province on contribution-based social security and post-retirement issues of health volunteers. 🙏 Thank you for watching Workers’ News — created by workers, for workers! Don’t forget to LIKE, COMMENT & SUBSCRIBE for more labour updates and trade union news. 🎥 Produced by: GEFONT Media Team 🎙️ A program by: General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) 📅 Date: December 21, 2025 | 6 Push 2082 🔗 Follow us for more updates: 🌐 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GEFONT.Nepal 🌐 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gefontnepal 🌐 Website: https://gefont.org/ 🗣️ Prepared by workers, for workers. Don’t forget to Like | Share | Subscribe for more labour news and updates from GEFONT Nepal. 🔖 Hashtags #GEFONT #WorkersNews #TradeUnionNepal #WorkersRights #LabourMovement #CPNUML #SocialSecurityNepal #ILO #CUPPECNepal #NEVA #UnionNews #NepalLabour #WorkersVoices #forworkersbyworkers

Workers’ News 706 | December 14, 2025 Welcome to Workers’ News, a news bulletin created by workers, for workers. In this episode: 🔹 CPN-UML 11th National Congress officially began at Sallaghari, Bhaktapur. Party Chairperson KP Sharma Oli stated that reinstating the dissolved House of Representatives is essential to end the current political deadlock and restore constitutional order. 🔹 Mass participation of workers Thousands of workers affiliated with the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) took part in rallies organized from Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur ahead of the opening ceremony. 🔹 National leaders extend best wishes Leaders from various political parties, including the Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist), Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party, and Nagarik Unmukti Party, conveyed their greetings and best wishes for the successful completion of the Congress. 🔹 The opening ceremony featured cultural performances and was formally welcomed by CPN-UML General Secretary Shankar Pokharel. 🙏 Thank you for watching Workers’ News — created by workers, for workers! Don’t forget to LIKE, COMMENT & SUBSCRIBE for more labour updates and trade union news. 🎥 Produced by: GEFONT Media Team 🎙️ A program by: General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) 📅 Date: December 14, 2025 | 28 Mangsir 2082 🔗 Follow us for more updates: 🌐 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gefont.nepal 🌐 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gefontnepal 🌐 Website: https://gefont.org/ 🗣️ Prepared by workers, for workers. Don’t forget to Like | Share | Subscribe for more labour news and updates from GEFONT Nepal. 🔖 Hashtags #GEFONT #WorkersNews #TradeUnion #WorkersMovement #CPNUML #NationalCongress #LabourRights #WorkersSolidarity #NepalPolitics #WorkingClass #UnionStrong #WorkersVoice