Wages of Tea Plantation Workers: Gap between North and South

• Published in: Economic and political weekly Vol. 50; no. 19; pp. 18 - 20
• Main Author: BHOWMIK, SHARIT K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sameeksha Trust 09.05.2015
• Subjects: COMMENTARY

After prolonged tripartite wage negotiations, tea plantation workers of West Bengal finally reached a wage agreement last February. However, the wages in the new agreement continue to be below statutory minimum levels and are almost half the wages that plantation workers receive in Tamil Nadu and Ke...