Bangladesh: Tea workers block highway demanding 300Tk daily wages after unions call off strike, workers across 23 tea gardens express solidarity
摘要
日期: 2022年8月21日
地點: 孟加拉
企業
Teliapara Tea Estate - Supplier , Unilever - Buyer , Lipton Teas and Infusions (formerly ekaterra) - Buyer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
工人: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 , 茶 , Gender not reported )議題
Minimum Wage , Poverty Wages回應
已邀請回應：是，由BHRRC
載有回應的故事： (查看更多)
後續行動: Teliapara 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, informing that it did not supply from the estate in 2022. Ekaterra - Unilever's tea business which was sold to the CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII in July 2022 - also provided a response.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2022年8月21日
地點: 孟加拉
企業
Surma Tea Estate - Supplier , Unilever - Buyer , Lipton Teas and Infusions (formerly ekaterra) - Buyer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
工人: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 , 茶 , Gender not reported )議題
Minimum Wage , Poverty Wages回應
已邀請回應：是，由BHRRC
載有回應的故事： (查看更多)
後續行動: Surma 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, informing that it did not supply from the estate in 2022. Ekaterra - Unilever's tea business which was sold to the CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII in July 2022 - also provided a response.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2022年8月21日
地點: 孟加拉
企業
Noapara Tea Estate - Supplier受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
工人: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 , 茶 , Gender not reported )議題
Poverty Wages , Minimum Wage回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: News outlet
"Protest continues: Tea garden workers block Dhaka-Sylhet highway demanding Tk 300 daily wages", 21 August 2022
Workers of five tea gardens have blocked Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Madhabpur in Habiganj demanding an increase in their wages.
The workers of Teliapara, Surma, Noapara and two other tea gardens gathered at Jagdishpur Muktijoddha Chattar and blocked the highway around 11:30am today (August 21, 2022)...
Dhana Bauri, president of Monu Dhalai Valley, said, "Although workers from only five gardens are blocking the highway, workers of 23 tea gardens have also expressed solidarity with the continuing demo and work there will remain suspended. We will continue our movement to press for our demands. We have rejected the decision of Bangladesh Tea Workers Union's general secretary to withdraw the movement."
Aniruddha Baraik, general secretary of Laskarpur Valley, said that workers from 23 tea gardens in the valley refused to call off their strike, demanding Tk 300 wage instead of Tk 145.
Bijoy Hazra, organising secretary of Bangladesh Tea Workers Union, said the strike demanding Tk 300 wage will continue across the country.
Bangladesh Tea Workers Union General Secretary (acting) Nripen Pal said, "On August 16, Director General of the Department of Labour Khaled Mamun Chowdhury held a meeting with the labour union leaders around 11 am in Sreemangal to solve the problem."
He added that they suspended the demonstration considering the month of mourning and also in light of the discussion to be held with the government delegation over their issues and demands.