As Munnar Women Continue Protests, Tough Times Ahead, Say Tea Estates | Read

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. Nearly 5,000 women who work at the tea plantations have gone on strike demanding higher wages and bonuses. The Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company or KDHP, the largest tea estate in Munnar which employs nearly 11,000 workers, is among the worst hit.