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Acclaimed poet Nirmalendu Goon has demanded that the daily wage of tea workers be raised to Tk 300. "Don't force me to take to the streets. It won't be good," the poet wrote on his Facebook page this (August 22, 2022) morning.

Bangladesh Tea workers strike: Tea workers, who were on an indefinite work abstention across the country for increasing the minimum wage, have decided to join work at the current daily wage of Tk 120.

Tea workers blocked the Sylhet-Moulvibazar highway and Moulvibazar-Borolekha road on the eighth day of their strike demanding Tk 300 daily wage.

Moulvibazar Deputy Commissioner Mir Nahid Ahsan has said the daily wage of tea workers has been increased from Tk 120 to Tk 145, on the directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Tea Workers’ Protest: Don’t They Deserve a Pay Hike?

The recent strike called by the Bangladesh Cha Sramik Union (BCSU) has brought the sufferings of our tea workers to the fore. They are demanding a minimum wage of Tk 300 a day to improve their day-to-day lives.

Tea workers’ strike: The Department of Labour organised a tripartite meeting between owners of tea gardens and tea workers’ leaders yesterday. However, workers’ strike continued this morning as no agreement was reached regarding their demand for an increased minimum wage.

The average wage of a tea worker in Bangladesh is about 120 taka a day ($1.25), which is among the lowest wage in the world, according to researchers.

One worker said that was barely enough to buy food, let alone other necessities