Bangladesh Trade Union Sangha Sylhet district unit yesterday in a meeting demanded increments to the daily wages of tea garden workers.
Sources said the tea workers under the banner of the union had joined a meeting in the court area of the district at 10am.
Among others, district unit NDF president Kumar Chanra Roy, union leader Raj Deo Kiori, Bipondop Madraji Chashi, Bimal Kunju, Vasan Chatri, Arun Bouri, Sunil Modi and Ganga Kapoti spoke on the occasion while NDF central committee president MA Karim was present as chief guest.
The union leaders demanded the wages of workers be hiked from Tk69 to Tk 300 per day.
Later they brought out a procession in the town.
