Many of them say Tk-50 hike inconsistent with current prices of essentials Mintu Deshwara After a 15-day work abstention, tea workers resumed work for a daily wage of Tk 170 yesterday morning. Majority of them expressed their dissatisfaction over the Tk 50 pay hike and said they resumed work as they had no alternative. “My ... Read more
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PM sets tea workers’ wage at Tk 170
News Desk : dhakamirror.com The daily wage of tea workers has been fixed at Tk 170. Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Ahmad Kaikaus briefed the media after a meeting of tea garden owners with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The meeting began at 4:00pm at Gono Bhaban. After the meeting, Ahmad Kaikaus said, “The prime minister has ... Read more
Tea workers to join work at the current daily wage of Tk 120
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Workers in the tea industry, who had been on a nationwide, indefinite work stoppage in favor of a pay raise, have decided to resume their jobs at the Tk 120 daily rate that they are currently earning. Following a meeting between district officials and representatives of the Bangladesh Tea Workers’ Union ... Read more
Job offered to Santosh following emotional Facebook post about tea labourer mother
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Sifat Uddin, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Kamalganj, said Santosh Ravi Das of Kamalganj in Moulvibazar district who gave an emotional post about his tea-worker mother, would obtain a part-time job at a public high school. “Santosh has been assigned a part-time teaching position at Kamalganj Government Model High School. On ... Read more
Tea garden workers still stay with strike for salary hike
News Desk : dhakamirror.com Yesterday, a government-convened meeting to consider raising the pay of workers in tea gardens came to an end without making a decision.At the Sreemangal office in Moulvibazar, the Department of Labor held a day-long meeting with tea gardens employee yesterday.The department will have another meeting with both workers and tea garden ... Read more
Tea garden workers begin strike for wage hike
Zaman Monir Bangladesh Cha Shramik Union, an organisation of tea garden workers, went on a countrywide strike from Saturday for an indefinite period demanding a hike in their daily wages. Leaders and activists of the organisation’s Sylhet and Chattogram divisional units expressed their solidarity on Friday night with the organisation’s Moulvibazar unit that the daily ... Read more