Building a Wider
Horizon With Labour
"Uniform wages for all tea workers across the country, provided through a wage board" - the demand reverberated in the Raja Bhat tea garden of Kalchini district today, the 15th December 2016, when thousands of tea workers gathered for workers’ assembly as part of the observance of International tea day. The workers from the 22 closed tea estates who struggle to survive without wages or other means of livelihood; and those from the functional tea estates struggling without payment due to the demonetization impact — all participated in the event — to observe their day, air their concerns and urge the government to take immediate steps to avert a colossal humanitarian crisis facing workers and their families
