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Friday, Jul 15, 2005
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Friday, Jul 15, 2005 |
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Tea Bengal tea talks fail Our Bureau
Kolkata , July 14 WEST Bengal government, on Thursday, held several rounds of discussions with the representatives of trade unions and the Indian Tea Association to end the strike in the tea industry, which entered its fourth day. According to sources, Mr Md Amin, West Bengal labour minister, and Dr Sabyasachi Sen, secretary, Commerce and Industry, held these meetings at the state headquarters, Writers Buildings. The meetings, however, failed to yield any result. The strike has already frozen all activities at the 300-odd tea gardens in West Bengal, spread over Darjeeling, Dooars and the Terai region. More than five lakh workers are participating in the strike, called by the Defence Committee of Plantation Workers Rights and Coordination Committee of Tea Plantation Workers in West Bengal, for an immediate increase in the workers wages. The last wage pact between the workers and garden owners was signed in 1999 and it ended in 2004. Talking to Business Line, Mr C.K. Dhanuka, President of Indian Tea Association, said they are not against a wage hike, but insisted that it should be linked to productivity. West Bengal produces approximately 200 million kg of tea every year, which is 25 per cent of the national tea production. Even the small tea gardens and bought leaf factories of the State have been affected by the strike. According to the Indian Tea Association the average loss per day on account of the strike would be around Rs 15 crore.
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