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2023年5月23日

Sri Lanka: Workers on Sri Lankan tea plantations supplying major companies including Lipton, Tetley and Yorkshire Tea living in poverty and squalor and subjected to abuse by supervisors; incl. company responses

An investigation by The Guardian has identified abuse, poverty wages, unfair wage deductions and squalid living conditions on 10 Sri Lankan tea estates certified by Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade. Workers report verbal abuse by supervisors, not receiving owed wages and say they often have to skip meals as they cannot afford food. Some workers are forced to send their children out to work to make ends meet. Workers also report a lack of access to adequate sanitation facilities, with one estate resident dying after drinking contaminated water.

The estates are reportedly supplying major tea companies Lipton (owned by ekaterra); Tetley (owned by Tata Consumer Products) and Yorkshire Tea (owned by Taylors of Harrogate). Company responses are outlined below.

企业回应

Tetley (part of Tata Consumer Products) 浏览回应
Taylors of Harrogate (part of Bettys & Taylors Group) 浏览回应
Lipton Teas and Infusions (formerly ekaterra) 浏览回应

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