“…In order to overcome such problems, on initiative was undertaken on 20th July, 1989, which ultimately gave birth to the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT). The GEFONT has formally been registered as the FIRST national Trade Union Confederation in the country [] Objectives: [] Co-ordinate and unite the individual unions under the umbrella of GEFONT and launch the movement effectively for the professional and political rights and build up solidarity in action, [] Expose and publicise the facts of social humiliation and suppression that workers of Nepal are facing in their everyday life, [] Undertake action oriented research and surveys on different issues related to the workers, [] Launch workers' struggle against socio-political exploitation, [] Advise and pressurise the Government and develop alternative programmes in connection with the formulation of labour policy [] Struggle for the Workers' right of participation in every socio-politikal activities, and for the building up of just society with full freedom, [] Struggle for the protection, promotion and progress of sovereignty, independent economy and culture of the notion and stand for to workers' internationalism, [] Extend relations with the workers of to world and support their movements, educate workers' by trade union education to attain the industrial democracy and to strengthen their capacity in CBA-tactics, [] Struggle and contribute the movement against all forms of international reactionary networks, [] Basic Principles: [] GEFONT believes, [] that people and nation are the supreme source of power. [] that the sovereignty lies on people. [] that the prosperity of a nation is fully possible only when enemies of people, e.g. feudalism, imperialism, hegemonism, bureaucratic and compradore capitalism are abolished. [] that only the people of Nepal have the right and responsibility to eliminate unelected institutions and to establish peoples' democracy in Nepal. [] that the revolutionary solidarity among he people of oil suppressed stratas and exploited profession is the key force of workers' movement. [] that exercise of oil possible means of peaceful movement such as dialogues, pressures and strikes can solve the workers' problems and only the militant solidarity can safeguard the dignity, unity and rights of the worker us a whole. [] Immediate demands of GEFONT: [] 1 Declare he National Labour Policies based on our "labour policy" passed by second national congress of GEFONT. …”

“…"In a fresh and timely reinterpretation, Nelson Lichtenstein examines how trade unionism has waxed and waned in the nation's political and moral imagination, among both devoted partisans and intransigent foes. …”

“…He was a member of KOR and of the Founding Committee for Free Trade Unions of the Seaboard, which was instrumental in organizing the strike in the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk in 1980. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- 150 Soviet and American control centers planned <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Kádár's interview in a Moscow daily paper <br/>- Hungarian trade union delegation at the World Federation of Trade Unions session <br/>- Young Communist League (KISZ) and its competitors <br/>- "Reform Rt." newspaper and book publishing joint stock company formed <br/>- Olympians' ceremonial oath-swearing <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Hungarian-British relations Külpolitika: <br/>- 150 szovjet és amerikai ellenőrző központot terveznek <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Kádár interjú egy moszkvai hetilapnak <br/>- Szakszervezeti Világszövetség ülésszakán a magyar szakszervezeti küldöttség <br/>- A KISZ és versenytársai <br/>- "Reform Rt" néven lap és könyvkiadó vállalat alakult <br/>- Olimpiai sportolók ünnepélyes fogadalomtétele <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- Magyar-brit kapcsolatok…”

“…International Politics: <br/>- First Soviet space shuttle sets off on its journey <br/>- Will there be dialog between Polish official trade unions and Solidarity? <br/>- Urban's press conference <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Károly Grósz starts talks in Spain <br/>- Secretary of state Gyula Horn: foreign troops stationed in European countries is an anachronism <br/>- Political Committee session today: national minorities policy, guiding principles of the nationalities law <br/>- Budapest demonstration against Romanian village resettlement not given permission, yet 3-4,000 still gathered at the scene <br/>- New weekly "Hangszín" (Tone) launched: Sándor Márai speaks in the first issue <br/>- Secretary of state Gábor Deák's statement on the match-fixing affair <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- International Banker Training Center Rt. formed <br/>- Youth and Sport Committee in session and requested more thorough investigation of our economic participation in Comecon Külpolitika: <br/>- Útnak indult a SZU első űrrepülőgépe <br/>- Lesz-e párbeszéd a lengyel hivatalos szakszervezet és a Szolidaritás között? …”

“…Air Force Day in the USSR; construction of housing estates in Vilnius; social care for the elderly; the establishment of the Soviet-Hungarian marketing center; the Iran-Iraq ceasefire; coverage from the United Arab Emirates; the national day of trade union rights and freedoms in France; coverage from Prague; economic enterprises in rural areas in China; parachuting in Mexico; segment on wedding traditions in Nagorno-Karabakh; excavation of Sarmatian burial mounds in Bashkiria. …”