Kathmandu. Employees of the Securities Board of Nepal (SEBON), who have been protesting for various demands, seem to have remained silent for the past few days. However, they are now discussing a new strategy of agitation after the Finance Ministry did not pay attention to meeting their demands.
Disagreeing with the decision of the Ministry of Finance (Revenue Secretary) on September 16 and the letter dated September 18, the employees’ union active in Sebon and the independent employees’ union had jointly started the strike from September 20 to scrap the work procedure related to the employees of Sebon, return the facilities and facilities received as an employee in the past and to take the consent of the Ministry of Finance on the issue of creating financial liability. The employees of Sebon had called off their agitation from November 24 after the Ministry of Finance assured that their demands would be met. It was agreed that the SEBON Board of Directors would write to the Ministry of Finance to address the demands of the employees.
Last year, Sebon employees had given a deadline to meet their demands by mid-November. However, after the Ministry of Finance delayed, the employees of Sebon are in a wait-and-see situation to move forward in a new way. They are continuing the sit-in for 1 hour every day.
Ajay Dhungana, the outgoing president of the Sebon Employees’ Union, said that the joint secretaries and undersecretaries of the Ministry of Finance have indicated that their demands will not be fulfilled in recent times. “So, our friends from both the organizations are discussing how to move forward,” he said. Maybe within this week, we will have a strategy for the movement. ’
According to Dhungana, discussions are also underway on whether to make both the employees’ unions one to strengthen the movement. “If there is only one organization, the rights and interests of the employees can be raised strongly. ’
