Ramjee Kunwar
Ramjee Kunwar | |
|---|---|
रामजी कुँवर | |
 Kunwar addressing NTUCI and JILAF in 2011 | |
| Acting President of NTUCI | |
| Vice president | |
| Secretary | |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Nepal Trade Union Congress-Independent, Nepali Congress |
| Education | Gandhigram Rural University |
Ramjee Kunwar (Nepali: रामजी कुँवर) is a Nepal Trade Union Congress-Independent (NTUCI) leader, Senior Vice President of NTUCI[1] and executive member of Nepali Congress Party.[2] He was also the former vice president and secretary of NTUCI and is currently acting president.[3]
NTUCI is a major democratic national center of Nepal, established in 1947. The labor movement in Nepal started on March 4, 1947, in Biratnagar against the hereditary Rana rule for the establishment of democracy and advancement of workers’ rights. In 1948, Girija Prasad Koirala founded the Nepal Mazdoor Congress, later known as the Nepal Trade Union Congress-Independent. NTUCI also actively agitated and protested in the 2006 democracy movement in Nepal against the direct and undemocratic rule of King Gyanendra of Nepal.[4] Many trade union leaders along with Kunwar were put in jail and some fled to India.[5][6] The ideology of NTUCI was based on democracy, nationalism and socialism. NTUCI is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)[7] and the International Labour Organization.[8]
Career
[edit]Kunwar attended Gandhigram Rural University, Tamil Nadu, India in 1984. He worked in the health sector for 22 years. He joined the labour movement in 1990.[citation needed]
Kunwar was part of the Nepalese delegation to the 2009 International Labour Conference and met with ILO director general Juan Somavía on efforts to incorporate labour rights in the constitution.[9] He criticized the "no work no pay" provision in the 2010 Industrial Policy 2067 as anti-worker.[10][11]
Kunwar was a negotiator in discussions between trade unions, the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and the Confederation of Nepalese Industries on worker wages. An agreement was reached in March 2011 to increase minimum daily wage to रू 226, increase minimum salary to रू 6,100, and establish a Social Security Fund.[12][13]
References
[edit]- ↑ "High-Level Meetings Between The World Bank, IMF and ITUC/ Global Unions". Archived from the original on May 6, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
- ↑ "NC regional convention elects GC representatives". Thehimalayantimes.com. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ "Peace, statute NC's agenda: KC". Ekantipur.com. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ "Update (Nepal): A further 600 persons arrested while engaged in peaceful demonstrations throughout Nepal". Archived from the original on March 3, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
- ↑ "Annual Survey of violations of trade union rights". Archived from the original on June 27, 2009. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
- ↑ "2007 Annual Survey of violations of trade union rights - Nepal". Unhcr.org. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ "Nepal: Killings and Mass Arrests of Trade Unionists". Ituc-csi.org. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ "ILO". Ilo.org. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ "Meeting of the Nepalese delegation to the 98th ILC with ILO DG". USNepalOnline. 5 June 2009. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ "Workers look unhappy upon 'No work no pay' policy". Nepal Business Times. 23 May 2010. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2011.
- ↑ "'No work no pay' sparks controversy". The Rising Nepal. 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
- ↑ Shrestha, Ramesh (Mar 26, 2011). "Employers, trade unions hammer out a deal, finally". eKantipur. Archived from the original on March 27, 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2014 – via ShareSansar.
- ↑ "Unions‚ employers agree on salary‚ daily wages". The Himalayan Times. 2011-03-24. Archived from the original on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 17 December 2014.