Tea Workers in North Bengal Observe Demand Day

BRAVING incessant rains, the North Bengal tea workers observed the All India Demand Day on 28 April, called by AICCTU. They displayed handwritten placards and chanted slogans in many gardens. They held small meetings observing physical distancing to read out the main thrusts of the demand charter and about the unbearable plight of migrant workers from closed and sick tea gardens and also about the non-payment of due lockdown wages by the employers of the entire tea sector.

The reading of the charter and subsequent demonstration was spearheaded by leaders of AICCTU affiliated unions. The tea workers boldly took part in protest in many gardens and factories in Assam. They also resolved to take out rallies on May Day to press for the demands of Aicctu May Day charter.