Tea garden workers in Sylhet continued their strike on Wednesday, the 16th day of their movement, demanding revision of their wages to Tk300 from the existing Tk120.
In tea gardens across Sylhet, UNB found that tea garden workers were carrying on with their movement by staging protests and forming human chains in groups.
After a meeting with leaders of the tea garden workers' union on Tuesday, the Panchayat heads decided to carry on with their movement until their demand for higher wages is met.
The movement started on August 9, when workers from 241 tea gardens of the country abstained from work for two hours, demanding Tk300 in daily wages. As their demand was not met, they decided to go on a full-scale strike on August 13.
After holding meetings with tea garden owners and other stakeholders in the past two weeks, the workers’ union agreed to resume work from Monday and get Tk120 in wages for the time being, but that was rejected by the workers.
The ongoing strike is the continuation of the previously declared movement by the tea garden workers.
