AATSA demands wage hike for tea garden workers

[Tea Plantation Workers - Related News]

The AATSA has decided to launch a State-wide agitation programme to demand wage hike of tea garden workers. Maintaining its central committee decision, the AATSA sub-committee of Singri took out a large procession on Saturday evening which started from the office of Singri tea estate and passed through different tea garden line areas. The AATSA activists demanded immediate increment of the present wage of the tea garden workers up to Rs. 400. They said that low wages had adversely affected healthcare, education and the welfare of the community.