India: Tea workers stage hunger & sit-in strikes over unpaid wages & allowances
Summary
Date Reported: 29 Mar 2022
Location: India
Companies
Napuk Tea Estate (part of Apeejay Tea Ltd) - Supplier , Apeejay Tea Ltd (part of Apeejay Surrendra Group) - Parent Company , Tetley (part of Tata Consumer Products) - Buyer , Typhoo - Buyer , Tesco - Buyer , Morrisons - BuyerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Workers: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Tea , Gender not reported )Issues
Adequate Living Standards , Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Action taken: Napuk Tea Estate supplied to Tetley, Unilever, Morrisons, Typhoo and Tesco, according to the BHRRC Tea Supply Chain Tracker. All the tea brands provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre. Tetley, Tesco, Morrisons and Typhoo informed the Resource Centre that they did not source from the estate in 2022.
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 29 Mar 2022
Location: India
Companies
Jabaka Tea Estate (part of Apeejay Tea Ltd) - Supplier , Apeejay Tea Ltd (part of Apeejay Surrendra Group) - Parent Company , Tetley (part of Tata Consumer Products) - Buyer , Typhoo - Buyer , Unilever - Buyer , Tesco - Buyer , Morrisons - BuyerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Workers: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Tea , Gender not reported )Issues
Adequate Living Standards , Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Action taken: Jabaka Tea Estate supplied to Tetley, Unilever, Morrisons, Typhoo and Tesco, according to the BHRRC Tea Supply Chain Tracker. All tea brands provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre. Tesco, Tetley, Morrisons and Typhoo informed the Resource Centre that they did not source from the estate in 2022.
Source type: News outlet
Summary
Date Reported: 29 Mar 2022
Location: India
Companies
Apeejay Tea Ltd (part of Apeejay Surrendra Group) - Parent Company , Mathurapur Tea Estate (part of Apeejay Tea Ltd) - Supplier , Tetley (part of Tata Consumer Products) - Buyer , Typhoo - Buyer , Tesco - Buyer , Unilever - Buyer , Morrisons - BuyerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Workers: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Tea , Gender not reported )Issues
Adequate Living Standards , Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Action taken: Mathurapur Tea Estate supplied to Tetley, Unilever, Morrisons, Typhoo and Tesco, according to the BHRRC Tea Supply Chain Tracker. All tea brands provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre. Tetley Tesco, Morrisons and Typhoo informed the Resource Centre that they did not source from the estate in 2022.
Source type: News outlet
"Tea workers stage protest for release of dues in Charaideo district", 29 March 2022
The tea workers and the employees of the tea gardens belonging to Apeejay Tea Limited on Monday staged a nine-hour hunger strike protesting against the company's failure to disburse the fortnightly wages of the tea workers, the monthly salaries, travel allowances, etc., of the employees regularly for the past few months.
Simultaneously, the workers and the employees of the tea gardens of Nafuk, Jabaka and Mathurapur in the Charaideo district, belonging to Apeejay Tea Ltd., staged sit-in protests in their respective tea gardens' office premises.
The protest...demanded that the company release their dues at the earliest.