Tea workers

Tea workers

Hundreds of tea workers took to the streets of Sylhet on 15 November 2024. Photo: UNB

Tea workers in Sylhet stage protest demanding overdue wages

Workers alleged that they have been deprived of wages and rations for nearly three months, pushing their families to the brink of desperation

Around 5 lakh people are directly dependent on the tea industry. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain.

Can tea workers be included in reform talks?

Despite the passing of several laws, amendments over the years have not adequately addressed the workers’ needs. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Will the tea workers ever get fair wages?

Photo: Courtesy

Female tea workers' rights situation unsatisfactory: Study 

Photo: Collected

Tea worker shot dead by illegal deer hunters

Representational image. File Photo: TBS

Sylhet tea pickers have world's highest rate of leprosy

Photo: Courtesy

Two-year agreement signed to increase tea staff salaries

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Tea workers to get Tk11,000 as lump sum for arrears: State minister

Dissatisfaction brews in tea industry as workers now demand arrears

Dissatisfaction brews in tea industry as workers now demand arrears

The land tea workers were given to live on was registered as the land of the company. For hundreds of years, the ownership of the land changed, but never in the favour of the workers. Photo: Mostafijur Rahman/TBS

Prime Minister’s pledge could end centuries of bonded labour for tea workers

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Sketch: TBS

Tea workers will be given rights to land: PM

Photo: Collected

PM to hold video conference with tea workers tomorrow

The struggle of Bangladeshi tea workers to raise their minimum wage has been dragging in for years. Photo: Collected

PM to hold talks with tea workers virtually Saturday