KATHMANDU – Speaker Devraj Ghimire has underscored the need for collaboration among all stakeholders to ensure social security, skill development of workers, technology-friendly environment, equal opportunities and dignified labour.<\/p>\n
Issuing a message on the occasion of the World Labour Day (May Day), he extended best wishes to all the workers, labour activists, and trade unions in Nepal, saying the issues of child labour, inequality between working men and women, opaque employment system and exploitation in foreign employment indicate need of a stronger policy and monitoring mechanism.<\/p>\n
The Labour Day is a day of solidarity with our shared campaign towards building an inclusive, just and dignified society, Speaker Ghimire said the implementation of the law ensuring the rights of the workers was challenging.<\/p>\n
“The Constitution has institutionalized the rights of workers as the basis of economic and social justice. Article 34 guarantees the ‘right to labour’, which clearly stipulates the responsibility of the State on matters such as fair wages, safe and dignified labour environment and social security\u201d, the message reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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