Tag: tea workers
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Planters agree on 20 per cent bonus for tea workers
"Despite the at least 20 percent production loss due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the CCPA, keeping in mind the workers' plight during the lockdown, has agreed to make such bonus payment," an official said.
September 19, 2020 -
CM asks DMs to look after tea workers
Miss Banerjee today held a review meeting to take stock of the present situation through video conferencing with all district officials and doctors of medical colleges and hospitals of the state.
March 31, 2020 -
Workers on road after J’guri tea garden shuts
Official sources said that the management had to leave the garden following workers' agitation on 18 July as the management had been having problems in paying the due wages.
July 25, 2018 -
As govt plans wage hike, planters reluctant?
At a time when the Trinamul Congress-led state government is trying hard to hike the remuneration of tea workers, sub staff and staff in the region, including the Hills, in its bid to create a strong base in the Darjeeling parliamentary segment ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, a section of planters are allegedly reluctant …
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July 24, 2018 -
Tea wage demand: Forum now plans action
Joint Forum (JF), a conglomeration of over 23 trade unions, will hold a meeting on 29 June to formulate its next course of action to press for the demand for implementation of the Minimum Wages Act in tea plantations after the 25-June deadline set by the Forum already expired. According to sources, JF leaders have …
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June 28, 2018 -
Min Wages Act: Joint Forum sets 25-June deadline
Leaders of the Joint Forum, a conglomeration of over 23 trade unions associated with the tea industry, will hold another meeting in Siliguri on 29 June to formulate a final strategy for carrying out a movement to demand that the government implement the Minimum Wages Act in the tea sector.
May 25, 2018 -
TMC efforts fail to stop lotus bloom in Dooars tea belt
A political observer said that last year's Gorkhaland agitation and the ensuing developments in the Hills was one factor that turned the tides in favour of BJP in the tea belt in the Dooars.
May 19, 2018 -
State sets tea dues payment ball rolling
The state labour department, managements and trade unions of 28 tea gardens on Friday brainstormed on a mechanism to pay tea workers their dues. The department convened a meeting in Jalpaiguri to thrash out the payment method in the 28 gardens in Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri districts. The meeting followed a Supreme Court order passed on …
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May 5, 2018 -
Four held for posing as INTTUC leaders
Police on Thursday arrested four persons on the basis of complaints that they were trying to “misguide” tea workers associated with INTTUC, the labour arm of the Trinamul Congress. The INTTUC leadership said the group of men falsely introduced themselves as leaders of the trade organization, while one of them claimed he was an MP …
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April 20, 2018 -
GNLF trade union wants tea workers paid for Hill shutdown period
Himalayan Plantation Workers’ Union (HPWU), the trade union of the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) on Tuesday threatened to gherao Lalkothi, the headquarters of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), if their demand for wages for tea workers the period of 104-day shutdown in the Hills last year is not met. The trade union made this …
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April 11, 2018 -
Shah-tea workers meet venue changes
The venue for the interaction between tea workers and BJP’s national president Amit Shah has been shifted from Jalpaiguri to Nagrakata, where tea workers are likely to demand amendment to the Plantation Labour Act. BJP sources said Mr Shah will meet select tea workers at Nagrakata, an Adivasi-dominated region in the Dooars in Jalpaiguri district, …
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March 30, 2018 -
Planters asked to pay ration cash
State labour minister Moloy Ghatak has asked planters to start paying Rs 9 a day for an interim period, as value of the traditional ration the workers used to get from garden owners, among tea workers in this region with effect from 1 May 2018. The decision was taken in a meeting of the Minimum …
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March 13, 2018 -
Sanitary pads make women more aware
The likes of Sabtri Munda, Divya Munda, Prasanti Panna, Jasintha Lakra, all tea workers of the Marionbarie tea plantation at Garidhura under the Kurseong Sub-division near Siliguri, were until now not aware of the fact that the use of unhygienic cloth pads during menstruation could lead to infection and pose other health hazards. “Lack of …
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March 9, 2018 -
State govt to open fair price shops in Hill tea gardens
At a time when tea workers in the Hills have started demanding traditional ration and other fringe benefits like firewood in kind and implementation of the Minimum Wages Act in the tea plantations, the state food and supplies department has finally decided to set up Fair Price Shops in each tea garden in the Hills. …
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February 14, 2018