India: Thousands of tea workers protest demanding unpaid bonuses
Summary
Date Reported: 26 Sep 2022
Location: India
Companies
Arcuttipore Tea Estate - SupplierAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Workers: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Tea , Gender not reported )Issues
Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Action taken: Arcuttipore Tea Estate supplied to Unilever, according to the BHRRC Tea Supply Chain Tracker. Unilever provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre, and informed the Resource Centre that it did not source from the estate in 2022.
Source type: News outlet
"Labour Unrest In Arcuttipore Tea Estate of Cachar; Thousands Irked by Delay In Disbursal of Bonus", 26 September 2022
...Thousands of labourers gathered today morning and started [a] demonstration demanding their bonus payment that according to them is long pending...
One of the protesting labourers said, " This maanger has been playing with our needs for a while. For the past fifteen days he has been delaying our bonus. Now we are just a couple of days away from the Durga Puja and our bonus hasn't been cleared yet."
The protestor added, " We made it clear to him that he heeds to hike the bonus...to keep up with inflation.."...