Ramjee Kunwar

Ramjee Kunwar रामजी कुंवर
Mr. Kunwar addressing NTUCI and JILAF programme
Acting President of NTUCI
Vice president
Secretary
Personal details
Born	(1956-09-19) September 19, 1956 (age 60) Pokhara, Kaski, Nepal
Political party	Nepal Trade Union Congress-Independent, Nepali Congress
Spouse(s)	Sushila Kunwar
Alma mater	Gandhigram Rural University

Ramjee Kunwar (Nepali: रामजी कुंवर) (born 19 September 1956; Kaski District, Nepal) is a Nepal Trade Union Congress-Independent (NTUCI) leader, Senior Vice President of NTUCI and executive member of Nepali Congress Party . He was also the former Vice President and Secretary of NTUCI and currently Acting president.

NTUCI is a major democratic national center of Nepal, established on 1947 A.D.The labor movement in Nepal started on March 4, 1947 in Biratnagar against the hereditary Rana rule for the establishment of democracy and advancement of workers’ rights.In 1948 Late Mr. Girija Prasad Koirala founded the Nepal Mazdoor Congress, later known as the Nepal Trade Union Congress-Independent. NTUCI also actively agitated and protested in 2006 democracy movement in Nepal against the direct and undemocratic rule of King Gyanendra of Nepal. Many leaders of Trade Union along with Mr. Kunwar was put to jail and some fled to India. The ideology of NTUCI was based on democracy, nationalism and socialism. NTUCI is affialiated with International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and International Labour Organization(ILO).

Kunwar did his education from Gandhigram Rural University,Tamil Nadu, India in 1984. As working in a Health sector for 22 years. Mr. Kunwar join Trade Union because of discrimination against the worker's rights, welfare, and socio-economic standard. Mr. Kunwar joined Trade Union in 1990 and has been continuously fighting for the labour cause. Kunwar, flayed the provision of 'no work no pay' in the new policy saying it was against the labourers."The provision is totally against the laborers and we condemn it," Kunwar said.