General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) was established on 20th July 1989. As there was no union right in Nepal; GEFONT was launched underground.
GEFONT has 21 affiliates (as of April 2022), which cover all three fields- agriculture, industries and services; covering various sectors such as manufacturing, textiles and clothing, carpet industry, transport, hotels, restaurants and catering, tourism, ICT, media and printing, auto-mechanics, e-rikshaw, food production, breweries, chemical and metal industry, tea plantations, street vendors, private school, beauticians, employees of security sector and sports sector, construction and agriculture.
As the largest trade union Confederation in Nepal, GEFONT represents nearly 449,766 workers from all affiliates.
Over 40% of women have been elected in the National Executive Committee of GEFONT from its 8th National Congress.
GEFONT is one the founders of the international trade union body- the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) established in November 2006. GEFONT affiliates are affiliated with various Global Union Federations (GUFs).
Cde. Binod Shrestha
President
Cde. Ramesh Dadal
Vice President (Chief, Foreign Affairs)
Cde. Bidur Karki
Vice President (Chief, Trade Union Education)
Cde. Jeetendra Shrestha
Vice President (Chief, Publicity & Publication)
Cde. Kamal Gautam
Vice President (Chief, Social Security)
Cde. Manju Kumari Thapa Magar
Vice President (Chief, OSH)
Cde. Janak Chaudhary
Vice President (Chief, Labour Relation Council)
Cde. Sita Lama
Ex Officio Veep (President, Women Committee)
Cde. Laxman Sharma
General Secretary
Cde. Naranath Luitel
Dy. General Secretary
Cde. Kamala Tamang
Ex Officio Dy GS (Veep, Women Committee)
Cde. Beli Maiya Ghale
Secretary (OSH)
Cde. Krishna Bahadur K.C
Secretary (Labour Relation Council)
Cde. Smiriti Lama
Secretary (Foreign Affairs)
Cde. Hari Bahadur Karki
Secretary (Trade Union Education)
Cde. Mahendra Lal Shrestha
Secretary (Publicity & Publication)
Cde. Tara Nidhi Panta
Secretary (Social Security)
Cde. Bijaya Khadka,
Ex Officio Secretary (Secretary, Women Committee)
Cde. Thakur Kumar Shrestha
Membe
Cde. Madhav Pandey
Member
Cde. Narayan Neupane
Member
Cde. Kishor Dhamala
(President, Province No. 1)
Cde. Kamalesh Jha
(President, Madhesh Province)
Cde. Ramhari Nepal
(President, Bagmati Province)
Cde. Rudra B. Khatri
(President, Gandaki Province)
Cde. Humakant Kafle
(President, Lumbini Province)
Cde. Tej Prakash GC
President, Karnali Province
Cde. Jit B. Malla
President, Farwestern Province
Cde. Anand Thami
President, WHIN
Cde. Arjun Adhikari
President, JTG-CWUN
Cde. Bhim Jwala Rai
President, ITWAN
Cde. Laxman Tiwari
President, NIHWU
Cde. Suman Parajuli
President, UNITRAV
Cde. Pradip Ghimire
President, NATU
Cde. Balgopal Thapa
President, IMPRESSION Nepal
Cde.shanta Basnet
President, CUPPEC Nepal
Cde. Purna KC
President, FAPWUN
Cde. Umesh Giri
President, NHWEU
Cde. Naryan P Adhikari
President, BAFSEU
Cde. Maya Gurung
Member, women committee
Cde. Gita Bhandari
Member, women committee
Cde. Phul Maya Lama
Member, women committee
Cde. Tik Kumari
Member, women committee
Cde. Gita Thing
Member, women committee
Cde. Pabi Gurung
Member, women committee
Cde. Suman Gurung
Member, women committee
Cde. Maya Bhandar
Member, women committee
Cde. Ranju Bhattarai
Member, women committee
Cde. Sharada Pode
Member, women committee
Cde. Chanda Dhami
Member, women committee
Cde. Suntali Chaudhary
Member, women committee
Cde. Pampha Pahari
Member, women committee
Cde. Biki Shrestha
president, Youth Committee
Cde. Chandra S. Lama
president, HUN (Ex Officio Alternetive member)
Cde. Mohan Nepali
President, NGCEWU (Ex Officio Alternetive member)
Cde. Madhav Poudel
President, PABSEU (Ex Officio Alternetive member)
Cde. Sudhir Thapa
President, E-Rishaw (Ex Officio Alternetive member)
Cde. Ashish Khatri
President, NESTU (Ex Officio Alternetive member)
Cde. Gunaram Acharya
Chief GEFONT Disciplinary Inspection Commission
Cde. Mina Gurung
President GEFONT Parliamentary & Local Level Coordination Committee
Cde. Dev Bahadur Bam
Chief Workers Cooperative Promotion Committee
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