Respect for labor should be fair

In a labor-dominated country like Nepal, the drama in the name of determining the price of labor is so terrible that it is hurting the self-esteem of the workers.

Shrawn 13, 2082

Kantipur Reporter

Respect for labor should be fair

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The system of buying the sweat of workers cheaply and selling life expensively cannot be an indicator of any civilized society. When labor does not receive a fair price, then that labor receives not respect, but disgrace. Labor cannot be respected without fair value of labor and this inequality is where the suffering of workers and the downfall of the nation begins.

In a labor-dominated country like Nepal, the drama in the name of determining the price of labor is so terrible that it is hurting the self-esteem of the workers.

The system of buying the sweat of workers cheaply and selling life dearly cannot be an indicator of any civilized society. When labor does not receive a fair price, then that labor receives not respect, but disgrace. Labor cannot be respected without fair value of labor and this inequality is where the suffering of workers and the downfall of the nation begins.

The government recently published in the gazette  The monthly salary rate of around 19 thousand rupees, which is called 'minimum wage', is actually a direct insult to the workers and a vivid example of labor exploitation. Today like Kathmandu  The rent of a small room in the city is only 8-10 thousand, the child's school fees, medicine expenses, daily consumables and the skyrocketing prices, this salary is not enough for the workers to survive, but only to suppress them.

What is even more ironic is that working in the same company  The salary of a manager or manager is lakhs, but the salary of a worker who stands at the door of the same company and opens the gate or carries goods at the back of the shop is limited to 15-20 thousand. Both have families, both have the same hunger, both feel sick. But here the class is divided on the basis of salary - a respectable citizen, Akor  A worker with a bowed neck. This discrimination has made workers not citizens but farmed animals.

The respect of labor should not be seen in speeches, but in fair wages. In the name of savings fund, gratuity, tax, instead of deducting more from the wages of workers, they worked  At least 1000 rupees per day should be guaranteed - that is true social security.

Santosh Simkhada , Tokyo, Japan

Kantipur

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