Daily wage of tea workers fixed at Tk 170
Daily wage of tea workers fixed at 170 taka
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Daily wage of tea workers fixed at 170 taka
Tea workers have expressed mixed reactions to the daily wage set at Tk 170, following a meeting between tea garden owners and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Gono Bhaban.
Philip Gain, director of Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD), has been researching tea workers for decades. He is the editor of the book “The Story of the Tea Workers in Bangladesh”. Md Shahnawaz Khan Chandan of The Daily Star has talked to him about the ongoing crisis.
Tea workers’ movement for wage hike still on
Workers of different tea estates in Sylhet, Habiganj, and Moulvibazar continued work abstention yesterday demanding Tk 300 daily wage.