India: Thousands of tea workers protest demanding unpaid bonuses
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Date Reported: 26 Сен 2022
Местонахождение: Индия
Компании
Arcuttipore Tea Estate - SupplierЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Рабочие: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Чай , Gender not reported )Темы
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Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
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Принятые меры: 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.
Вид источника: 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.."...