Addressing land rights, leaders highlighted that despite living in the region for nearly 200 years, tea workers remain landless. The absence of land ownership deprives them of basic civil amenities and constitutional rights, making guaranteed land ownership an urgent necessity.
SM Shuvo, chief coordinator of the organization, urged workers across all gardens to unite in the struggle for a Tk500 daily wage.
Earlier in the morning, a large protest procession began from the Loha Pool area of Khadim Tea Garden, marching through various roads within the estate before occupying the Sylhet-Tamabil Highway.
Chaired by Tea Workers Trade Union Centre President Sabuj Tanti and moderated by Coordinator Manisha Wahid, the rally was addressed by Chief Coordinator SM Shuvo, Adviser Syed Farhad Hossain, Office Secretary Dipto Nayek, and Burjan Tea Factory worker leader Sushanta Chasha, among others.