Independent Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Trade Union
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Independent Democratic Confederation of Nepalese Union is a national trade union centre in Nepal
.
At present INDECONT claims 13 affiliated unions. INDECONT is not affiliated with any international trade union organisation.
INDECONT is politically tied to the Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal
, a party which support the Nepali monarchy.
In 2005, the Nepal government nominated Bam Bahadur Dewan, INDECONT President, as a worker's representative to the International Labour Conference. The nomination was challenged by GEFONT, NTUC, DECONT and the ICFTU (now ITUC) on the grounds that INDECONT was not actually representative of workers, but rather a representative of the royalist regime of the time. The ILO's Credentials Committee noted: "...that the Workers’ adviser included in the delegation comes from a trade union that had been registered two days before the deposit of its credentials and had not been included in the consultation process. The Committee expresses its doubt concerning the representativeness of this trade union."
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
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At present INDECONT claims 13 affiliated unions. INDECONT is not affiliated with any international trade union organisation.
INDECONT is politically tied to the Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal is a Right-wing, Conservative, and royalist, political party in Nepal, a splinter group of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party....
, a party which support the Nepali monarchy.
In 2005, the Nepal government nominated Bam Bahadur Dewan, INDECONT President, as a worker's representative to the International Labour Conference. The nomination was challenged by GEFONT, NTUC, DECONT and the ICFTU (now ITUC) on the grounds that INDECONT was not actually representative of workers, but rather a representative of the royalist regime of the time. The ILO's Credentials Committee noted: "...that the Workers’ adviser included in the delegation comes from a trade union that had been registered two days before the deposit of its credentials and had not been included in the consultation process. The Committee expresses its doubt concerning the representativeness of this trade union."