Tea unions demand daily wage of Rs 250 - A worker now receives Rs 176 per day
There are around three lakh workers and about 10,000 staff and sub-staff members in the tea gardens of north Bengal.:
| Siliguri/Alipurduar | 30.12.20 : Trade unions on Tuesday demanded a daily wage of at least Rs 250 for tea estate workers and revision of the salaries of the staff and sub-staff in gardens with effect from April 1, 2020.
The demands were put forward at a meeting between senior officials of the state labour department and leaders of the unions in Siliguri.
There are around three lakh workers and about 10,000 staff and sub-staff members in the tea gardens of north Bengal. As of now, a worker receives Rs 176 per day.
Md. Rizwan, the additional labour commissioner in Siliguri, said: “We will soon hold a meeting with tea planters’ associations in Calcutta on the unions’ demands. Thereafter, necessary steps would be taken up for a consensus.”
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