Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Unions

DECONT

Full name	Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Unions
Founded	May 1, 1997
Date dissolved	March 2, 2008
Country	Nepal
Affiliation	WCL, ITUC
Key people	Rajendra Bahadur Raut, president Khila Nath Dahal, general secretary
Office location	Kathmandu, Nepal

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 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. Interestingly, 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 merged with Nepal Trade Union Congress, forming the Nepal Trade Union Congress-Independent.^[1][2]

List of unions affiliated to DECONT (as of 2000)

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

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References

1. ^ Nam News Network
2. ^ The Rising Nepal
3. ^ A decade of trade union movements in Nepal

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