The Union of Trekking Travels Rafting Workers Nepal (UNITRAV) is a Nepali

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

founded in 1994. The organisation was originally constituted as the ''Trekking Workers Association of Nepal (TWAN)'' in 1984, a structure adopted as trade unions were illegal during the rule of the

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. TWAN was a founding member of the

General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions The General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) ( ne, नेपाल ट्रेड यूनियन महासंघ) is a confederation of 20 national trade union federations. It is politically tied to the Communist Party of Nep ...

(GEFONT) in 1989. UNITRAV organise workers in the trekking sector, such as guides and porters, as well as in the travel, rafting, airline and cargo sectors. Decision-making in the union is conducted through an executive committee, which includes representatives from each of the sectors UNITRAV organises. On 23 May 2008, UNITRAV member Dorje Khatri raised the union's flag atop

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(Sagarmatha).

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