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India: Tea worker unions demonstrate and demand for fixed minimum wage as new season begins
Author: Avijit Sinha, The Telegraph
"Tea workers demand fixing of minimum wages and land rights", 25 February 2020...
Bangladesh: Amendments to the 2006 Labour Law required to eliminate bonded labour, dialogue on rights of tea workers concludes
Author: Staff Correspondent, New Age Bangladesh
"Labour law reinforces bonded labour among tea workers: dialogue", 20 December 2019...
So. Africa: Indigenous community to receive share of the sale of rooibos tea after multistakeholder agreement
Author: Brian Browdie, Quartz Africa
"South Africa's Khoisan to get a share of the commercialization of rooibos," 5 November 2019....
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Kenya: Local community seek UN inquiry for alleged historical land injustices where tea farms operate; includes Unilever's comment
Author: AFP
"Kenya community pushes for UN inquiry into tea land theft"...
- Related companies: James Finlay (part of Swire) Unilever
Sri Lanka: Tea estate workers who sustain the country's economy mobilise to fight for fair basic wages
Author: Meena Srinavasan, The Hindu
"A bitter brew: For Sri Lanka’s tea estate workers, fair wage is still elusive" 5 October 2019...
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Oxfam reveals poverty pay, harsh working conditions & gender discrimination in intl. supermarkets' food supply chains; Includes company responses
Oxfam has released new research, which included in-depth interviews with workers in India and Brazil and a survey of workers in five other countries, revealing widespread labour rights allegations - including poverty pay, harsh working conditions, and...
ALDI SOUTH's response
Author: ALDI SOUTH Group
... We are also aware of the particular human rights challenges in the production of tea... [A] proportion of our tea productions are either UTZ/Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade or Organic certified and we are working to increase the percentage of...
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- This is a response from the following companies: Aldi Süd
Morrisons' response
Author: Morrisons
... We have been engaged with Oxfam since the commencement of their Behind the Barcodes campaign and have already made progress in a number of areas ... This resulted in Morrisons being acknowledged in this year's report as being one of three...
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- This is a response from the following companies: Morrisons
Tesco's response
Author: Tesco
...We support Oxfam’s clear framework... We are in the process of developing specific actions plans to greater support progress on gender equality and living wages in key supply chains......
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- This is a response from the following companies: Tesco