Tea plantation workers staged protest in Dibrugarh district
Summary
Date Reported: 13 Dec 2022
Location: India
Companies
Lepetkata Tea Estate (part of Luxmi Tea Company) - Supplier , Luxmi Tea Company - Supplier , Tetley (part of Tata Consumer Products) - Supplier , Lipton Teas and Infusions (formerly ekaterra) - BuyerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Workers: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Tea , Gender not reported )Issues
Access to Information , Impacts on LivelihoodsResponse
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Action taken: The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre sought a response from the estate's parent company, Luxmi, and from recent buyers from the estate - Unilever, Lipton and Tetley. All three companies responded.
Source type: News outlet
The tea workers of the Lepetakata Tea Estate (Bolai Division) staged [a] protest on Monday under the banner of the Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha (ACMS) in protest against the garden's management to uproot 37 hectares of tea bushes for construction of an industrial unit.
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Keot further alleged that the tea garden management kept the workers in the dark by misleading them that the tea bushes were being uprooted for replantation of new tea bushes whereas the real intention was to set up an industrial unit in the area.
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"The tea garden workers are dependent on the tea garden and if the management will uproot the tea bushes then what will they do. They will become jobless. Before taking such a step, the garden management should think twice. We will intensify our movement if our demand is not met," said a protester.