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Kathmandu. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that if any worker is found to be working for less than the minimum wage under any pretext, it will be punishable. Addressing the 78th anniversary of the Nepali Trade Union Movement organized by the Federation of Nepal Trade Unions (GEFNT) today, Prime Minister Oli said that it has been heard that nurses are not getting the minimum wage either, and that no worker can be worked for less than the minimum wage under any pretext.
Noting that industrial and business activities cannot proceed smoothly without the workers’ happiness, Prime Minister Oli stressed the need to create such an environment as workers can be transformed into employers.
‘Our friends were killed during the movement for system change, but our objectives were not killed.’ We went to jail, but our purpose was not to go to jail,’ said Prime Minister Oli, who is also the Chairman of the CPN (UML). ‘Now we must move forward according to the spirit of change. We must be able to bring the government, employers and workers to a ‘win-win’ situation through dialogue in accordance with international norms. The government must remain neutral and draw impartial conclusions.’
Mentioning that the tendency to divide the harmonious Nepali society in the name of caste, religion and culture and to create confusion and obstacles against those trying to work should be broken, Prime Minister Oli has clarified that the development process has increased after the change of regime. ‘We have no interest in anyone’s unnecessary opposition. We do not carry unwanted pollutants. We have to develop and change the country. The tendency to oppose for the sake of opposing will disappear on its own. I am confident that the labor movement has been aware of this since the past,’ said Prime Minister Oli.
In the context of the melting of the mountains and the impact on human civilization, Prime Minister Oli urged the world community to cooperate with the concept of security from the mountains to the sea. The program, which also included a discussion on the topic of ‘Save the Himalayas – Protecting Rights of Workers’, was attended by Bishnu Prasad Rimal, Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister and former Chairman of GEFONT, Bhanubhakta Dhakal, Head of the People’s Organization Mechanism of the CPN (UML), Jagat Singhada, Chairman of the Joint Trade Union Coordination Committee, and the National Director of the International Labor Organization in Nepal.
The program honored mountain climbers, rescuers, and related organizations.
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