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After Days Of Unpaid Labour, Kerala Workers Out Of Ways To Stay Afloat
Selvy did not expect to get paid today. A worker at a tea plantation in Kerala's Kollam district, the 42-year-old mother/father has not been paid for two weeks and does not know how she will she manage her children's school fee.
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In West Bengal's Tea Estate Crisis, a World of Worry For a 21-Year-Old
For 21-year-old Supriyanesh Toppo, a second year engineering student, the price of an impasse at the tea garden in West Bengal's Bagrakote, may be an education.
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Talks to Increase Kerala Plantation Workers Daily Wages Fail Again
For the second time in a row, the talks to increase plantation workers' daily wages from Rs 231 to Rs 500 as demanded by the workers failed to reach a consensus with the estate owners unwilling to accept the hike.
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Plantation Workers Begin Indefinite Strike Over Wage Hike in Kerala
Nearly three lakh plantation workers, employed in different estates in Kerala, today began an indefinite strike to demand wage hike and 20 per cent bonus.
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Kerala Chief Minister Says Will Not Take Decision That Hurts Plantations
A day after plantation workers in Kerala announced going on an indefinite strike from tomorrow to demand wage hike, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today assured them that the state government would not take any decision which will destroy the sector.
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Veteran Leader Achuthanandan Joins Tea Workers Protest in Kerala's Munnar
In a show of solidarity with thousands of women tea estate workers who have been protesting in Munnar, Kerala's opposition leader VS Achuthanandan joined them in a show of solidarity.
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Munnar Tea Plantation Workers End Nine-Day Strike
The nine-day agitation by women tea plantation workers in Munnar ended today with the management of Kanan Devan Hills Plantations company agreeing to the agitators' major demands in a marathon discussion chaired by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.
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As Munnar Women Continue Protests, Tough Times Ahead, Say Tea Estates
This time of the year, in the peak harvest season at the lush tea gardens in Kerala's Munnar district, an army of women line the plantations, diligently plucking leaves and stowing them onto trucks. But for the last one week there are none.
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In Protest At Kerala Plantations, 5,000 Women Tell Unions, 'Stay Out'
About 5,000 women who work in tea plantations in Kerala's hill station Munnar, have been on protest since Sunday, blocking all roads in the popular tourist town.
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After Days Of Unpaid Labour, Kerala Workers Out Of Ways To Stay Afloat
Selvy did not expect to get paid today. A worker at a tea plantation in Kerala's Kollam district, the 42-year-old mother/father has not been paid for two weeks and does not know how she will she manage her children's school fee.
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In West Bengal's Tea Estate Crisis, a World of Worry For a 21-Year-Old
For 21-year-old Supriyanesh Toppo, a second year engineering student, the price of an impasse at the tea garden in West Bengal's Bagrakote, may be an education.
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Talks to Increase Kerala Plantation Workers Daily Wages Fail Again
For the second time in a row, the talks to increase plantation workers' daily wages from Rs 231 to Rs 500 as demanded by the workers failed to reach a consensus with the estate owners unwilling to accept the hike.
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Plantation Workers Begin Indefinite Strike Over Wage Hike in Kerala
Nearly three lakh plantation workers, employed in different estates in Kerala, today began an indefinite strike to demand wage hike and 20 per cent bonus.
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Kerala Chief Minister Says Will Not Take Decision That Hurts Plantations
A day after plantation workers in Kerala announced going on an indefinite strike from tomorrow to demand wage hike, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today assured them that the state government would not take any decision which will destroy the sector.
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Veteran Leader Achuthanandan Joins Tea Workers Protest in Kerala's Munnar
In a show of solidarity with thousands of women tea estate workers who have been protesting in Munnar, Kerala's opposition leader VS Achuthanandan joined them in a show of solidarity.
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Munnar Tea Plantation Workers End Nine-Day Strike
The nine-day agitation by women tea plantation workers in Munnar ended today with the management of Kanan Devan Hills Plantations company agreeing to the agitators' major demands in a marathon discussion chaired by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.
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As Munnar Women Continue Protests, Tough Times Ahead, Say Tea Estates
This time of the year, in the peak harvest season at the lush tea gardens in Kerala's Munnar district, an army of women line the plantations, diligently plucking leaves and stowing them onto trucks. But for the last one week there are none.
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In Protest At Kerala Plantations, 5,000 Women Tell Unions, 'Stay Out'
About 5,000 women who work in tea plantations in Kerala's hill station Munnar, have been on protest since Sunday, blocking all roads in the popular tourist town.
