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by Sean Hayden » Sun Oct 27, 2024 1:07 pm
More than 11,000 tea workers strike over unpaid wages, halt work in 12 NTC gardens
Tea workers of the state-owned National Tea Company Limited (NTC) have launched an indefinite strike since Tuesday, protesting six weeks of unpaid wages.
At least 11,286 workers from NTC's 12 tea gardens nationwide have ceased work, forming human chains and staging protests within the gardens, according to official sources.
On Friday afternoon, thousands of workers from the Chandichara tea garden escalated the protest by blocking the old highway in the Chandichara area of Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj.
Nipen Paul, general secretary of the Bangladesh Tea Workers Union, told The Daily Star today that the strike reflects the deepening frustration over the payment delays, which have left around 40,000 people who rely on the tea workers' incomes in precarious conditions.
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