Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Unions

Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Unions (DECONT) was a central trade union organization in Nepal. DECONT is politically tied to the Nepali Congress (Democratic). The president of DECONT was Rajendra Bahadur Raut.

DECONT
Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Unions
Merged intoNepal Trade Union Congress
FoundedMay 1, 1997
DissolvedMarch 2, 2008
HeadquartersKathmandu, Nepal
Location
Key people
Rajendra Bahadur Raut, president
Khila Nath Dahal, general secretary
AffiliationsWCL, ITUC

DECONT was formed after a split from the Nepal Trade Union Congress, the trade union wing of the Nepali Congress. DECONT was constituted on May 1, 1997. The DECONT-NTUC split predated the NC(D)-NC split. Thus the Sher Bahadur Deuba fraction inside NC had a separate trade union wing, before they had actually constituted a separate party.

In May 2005, DECONT joined the World Confederation of Labour (now the International Trade Union Confederation).

During the spring of 2006 DECONT took part in the protests against the regime of King Gyanendra.

On March 2, 2008, it merged with Nepal Trade Union Congress, forming the Nepal Trade Union Congress-Independent.[1][2]

List of unions affiliated to DECONT
  1. Nepal Building Construction Worker's Union
  2. Nepal Emigration & Airport Employees Union
  3. Nepal Film Hall Workers' Union
  4. Nepal Carpet Workers' Union
  5. Nepal Painter, Plumber & Wiring Workers' Union
  6. Nepal Transport Workers' Union
  7. Nepal Garment Workers' Union
  8. Nepal Hotel Workers' Union
  9. Construction & Allied Workers' Union of Nepal
  10. Nepal Agricultural Worker's Union
  11. Nepal Barbers' Union

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References
  1. Nam News Network Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. The Rising Nepal
  3. "GEFONT - General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions - Affiliates". Archived from the original on 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-06-30.


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