Around 25,000 tea workers in Assam protest demanding hike in daily wages

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Dibrugarh (Assam) Jan 19 (ANI): The Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha (ACMS) staged 'Shramik Gorjon' program at Mancotta field seeking various demands for tea garden workers. ACMS, which is the largest trade union in the northeast, is demanding a hike of minimum daily wages of tea garden workers from Rs 167 to Rs 351 and other facilities for laborers working in tea gardens owned by small tea growers, Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for Adivasis of Assam and a separate autonomous council for the tea community. ACMS president Paban Singh Ghatowar, said, “Shramik Gorjon' program was organised here to press the demand of tea garden workers. The BJP government had assured to hike the daily wage of garden workers to Rs 351 but the Sarbananda Sonowal led BJP government has failed to fulfill their promise.” The tea unions including ACMS will stage demonstrations and also carry out other protest programs at Biswanath Chariali and Golaghat on January 21 and 28. The tea workers' unions will carry out their 'Dispur Chalo' program on February 8.

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