Bangladesh tea workers

Tea workers’ strike ends. What’s next?

Tea workers may not have had their demands fulfilled, but their united voice brings in a new era of workers' rights.

Unhappy tea workers return to work

Nineteen days after they started a demonstration demanding daily wage of Tk 300, tea garden workers have joined work today (August 28, 2022) for daily wage of Tk 170.

Tea workers: Poorest of the poor

Almost a century ago, tea workers in Sylhet left their gardens and started a journey back to the lands of their origin -- Bihar, Odisha and Assam. It was a protest march they called “Mulluke Cholo” (Let's go back home). The protest was against the inhumane working conditions and torture at the hands of British owners.

Many tea workers aren't aware of May Day

Many labourers working at the tea gardens in the country are not aware of the significance or history behind May Day. "Around one lakh out of seven lakh workers at 163 tea gardens aren't aware of the day, they knew the day is a public holiday,"

September 3, 2022
September 3, 2022

Tea workers’ strike ends. What’s next?

Tea workers may not have had their demands fulfilled, but their united voice brings in a new era of workers' rights.

August 28, 2022
August 28, 2022

Unhappy tea workers return to work

Nineteen days after they started a demonstration demanding daily wage of Tk 300, tea garden workers have joined work today (August 28, 2022) for daily wage of Tk 170.

May 19, 2018
May 19, 2018

Tea workers: Poorest of the poor

Almost a century ago, tea workers in Sylhet left their gardens and started a journey back to the lands of their origin -- Bihar, Odisha and Assam. It was a protest march they called “Mulluke Cholo” (Let's go back home). The protest was against the inhumane working conditions and torture at the hands of British owners.

May 1, 2017
May 1, 2017

Many tea workers aren't aware of May Day

Many labourers working at the tea gardens in the country are not aware of the significance or history behind May Day. "Around one lakh out of seven lakh workers at 163 tea gardens aren't aware of the day, they knew the day is a public holiday,"