Category:Tea Garden

Tea garden workers hold hunger strikeUdhagamandalam: As many as 500 Tamil Nadu Tea Plantation Corporation (Tantea) workers on Wednesday conducted a hunger strike at Pandalur in the Nilgiris demanding 20% bonus for the festival season. While the government has sanctioned 10% bonus, the workers, organised by DMK and labour unions, demanded more as Tantea earned over Rs 10 crore surplus revenue in the last four months.However, according to a Tantea official, the surplus revenue is not considered as profit. “It […]