In August 2022, tea workers enforced a 19-day strike for an increase in their daily wages from Tk 120 to Tk 300. They later went back to work after the authorities raised their daily wage by Tk 50 to Tk 170 on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's orders. Later on Mar 1, the labour department announced that the workers would each be paid Tk 11,000 in three instalments as outstanding wages. On why they have renewed their demand for a wage hike, Satyajit Urang, another leader of the protesting tea workers, said, "Now, they are paying us a daily wage of Tk 170. That's why we want a daily wage of Tk 500."

Source: bd News24 July 31, 2023 13:09 UTC