India | Updated Mar 08, 2010 at 08:42pm IST

Assam tea workers complain of low hike in daily wage

They have the grueling task of picking the tea leaves, with which you and I brew our everyday morning chai. But these tea plantation workers hardly earn in an hour, what we spend on a cup of tea. They have just received a hike of Rs 18 on their wage over a period of 45 months.

Dhiraj Kakati is with the Assam Branch of the India Tea Association.... He justifies the hike saying it was decided after several meetings with the INTUC-led tea workers trade union...

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