General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) Vice President Ramesh Badal has been appointed as the Attorney General.

On the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, President Ramchandra Paudel appointed senior advocate Badal to the said post on 17th July. On behalf of all the workers, GEFONT President Binod Shrestha congratulated Vice Chairman Badal on being appointed Attorney General and wished him success in his tenure.

Before this, he was in charge of the position of the Attorney General for about four months from April 2021 to July 2021 during the previous tenure of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
 

Binod Shrestha, Politburo member of CPN-UML and President of General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) has said that the reactionaries are spreading the illusion of the Nepalese labour movement being weak.

Chief Guest Shrestha made this statement while addressing the labour gathering and interaction program' organised by the CPN (UML) Ramechhap Kathmandu Contact Forum on the occasion of the 100th anniversary and 46th Memorial Day of the late Pushpalal, the founder General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal.

The chief guest Shrestha urged people to be vigilant about those who try to create hoaxes about the lack of achievement of the labour movement in Nepal.
 

In a workshop organised by GEFONT, the waste management and waste segregation workers working in Tarakeswar municipality participated in a gathering and situation analysis workshop on July 13.

In the event presided by Mohan Nepali, president of Nepal Garbage Cleaners Employee Union, GEFONT Vice President Bidur Karki informed about the purpose of the program and also said that this program will help to solve the problems of the cleaning sector.

The program was facilitated by the General Secretary of Home Workers’ Trade Union Nepal Gyanu K.C. and Shankar Ghimire.
 

The sixth convention of the Central Union of Painters, Plumbers, Electro and Construction Workers-Nepal (CUPPEC) Nepal Kaski District Women's Committee was held on June 29 in Pokhara.

The convention held with CUPPEC central president Shanta Basnet as the chief guest has elected an 11-member CUPPEC Nepal Kaski district women's committee under the presidency of Lalita Magar.

Leaders including GEFONT Gandaki Province President Rudra Khatri gave greetings and leaders like GEFONT Gandaki Province Deputy Secretary Sangita Pandey, Central Secretary Baladevi Rai participated in the convention.
 

The sixth convention of National Beauticians’ Union of Nepal’s (NABUN) Kaski District Bagar Unit Committee held on July 10 has elected a unit committee of 11 members under the presidency of Anita Khatri.

With the slogan of “safe and dignified employment - rights of beauticians”, the event was held under the chairmanship of Kalpana Rana and the chief guest was Meena Gurung, coordinator of the parliamentary and local level of GEFONT.

The convention was attended by guests including NABUN Central Member Nur Gurung and GEFONT Gandaki Province Women's Committee Vice President Durga K.S.
 

The General Federation of Nepalese Trade Union (GEFONT) has completed a three-day training program for legal literacy and trade union education at the GEFONT Trade Union School, Anamnagar. The program was held from July 7 to July 9.

GEFONT President Binod Shrestha, while inaugurating the training program on July 7, said that the training can help increase competence of women workers and also help them get educated on labour laws.

During the three-day training program, GEFONT vice president Bidur Karki provided training on the subject of foundational trade union and leadership development, Sita Lama on gender and policy of GEFONT, General Secretary Laxman Sharma on the program and policy of GEFONT, and Bhakti Ghimire gave training on labour laws.

The program, which included 25 women from the districts of Saptari, Siraha, Dhanusha, Bara and Parsa was organised by Shankar Ghimire, while Basanta Thapa of ILO provided information on the importance of the program.