Nepal Progressive Trade Union Federation is a central trade union

Trade union

A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...

 federation in Nepal

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...

. It is the labour wing of the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)

Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)

Communist Party of Nepal is a political party in Nepal, formed on September 15, 2005 through the merger of Communist Party of Nepal and Communist Party of Nepal...

. NPTUF was formed on November 19, 2005, through the unification of the Nepal Trade Union Federation (trade union of Communist Party of Nepal (United)

Communist Party of Nepal (United)

Communist Party of Nepal was a political party in Nepal. In 1991, after the first general election, through the merger of Communist Party of Nepal , Communist Party of Nepal and Communist Party of Nepal...

) and Nepal Trade Union Centre (trade union of Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)

Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) (1991)

Communist Party of Nepal was a Nepalese political party. It was formed on November 1, 1991 by a group of former leaders of the original Communist Party of Nepal that had been expelled from the Communist Party of Nepal...

). NPTUF is a constituent of the United Trade Union Movement Coordination Committee.

Sunil Manandhar is the president of NPTUF.

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