To promote better labour relations, stakeholders have sought collective bargaining between trade unions, private sector, government and political parties.

“Frequent trade union unrest and strikes have hurt entrepreneurial sentiments of Nepal along with the fear of Nepal being labelled as a difficult-to-do-business country in the global market,” pointed out vice president of FNCCI Pradeep Jung Pandey, in an interaction here today.

He cautioned that if the situation persists, Nepal will undergo heavy capital flight, adding that the splitting up of political parties have added the dread of forced donation among entrepreneurs. He even challenged the terrorising labour unions and political parties to try to run an industry.

The CPN-Maoist affiliated All Nepal Revolutionary Federation of Trade Union’s president Ramdip Acharya also stressed on collective bargaining for better wages.

“The significance of labour input to run industries seems to have been ignored as the decision to pay a monthly wage of Rs 8,000 is not realistic and insufficient for a family to survive,” he said.

Likewise, head of Nepali Congress’ Industry Department Dip Kumar Upadhyay emphasised on the need for all concerned stakeholders to come to a consensus.

The Minimum Wage Fixation Committee had recently fixed Rs 8,000 as minimum monthly wage for labourers and daily wage of Rs 318.

Published on: 12 June 2013 | The Himalayan Times