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  • Why a health crisis is brewing among the labourers of Assam’s tea gardens

    Why a health crisis is brewing among the labourers of Assam’s tea gardens

    Debarun Choudhury, IndiaSpend.com
    · May 19, 2024 · 07:30 pm
  • Workers toil under blistering sun in Bangladesh’s tea gardens, once famous for cool weather

    Workers toil under blistering sun in Bangladesh’s tea gardens, once famous for cool weather

    Mosabber Hossain, Thomson Reuters Foundation
    · Jun 13, 2023 · 07:30 pm
  • Assam’s tea gardens will have high schools for the first time. But tea workers have one concern

    Assam’s tea gardens will have high schools for the first time. But tea workers have one concern

    Rokibuz Zaman
    · May 14, 2022 · 06:30 am
  • Assam: Congress will give Rs 365 to tea workers, set up special ministry, says Rahul Gandhi

    Assam: Congress will give Rs 365 to tea workers, set up special ministry, says Rahul Gandhi

    Scroll Staff
    · Mar 19, 2021 · 04:59 pm
  • Assam liquor deaths: Trade union of tea workers to shut down alcohol shops from today

    Assam liquor deaths: Trade union of tea workers to shut down alcohol shops from today

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 25, 2019 · 11:41 am
  • In West Bengal’s closed tea gardens, private contractors are forcing locals to work at lower wages

    In West Bengal’s closed tea gardens, private contractors are forcing locals to work at lower wages

    Gurvinder Singh
    · Jul 23, 2018 · 01:30 pm
  • Sold for Rs 500 and raised as a maid, 17-year-old Baidak is back home in Assam – and on a mission

    Sold for Rs 500 and raised as a maid, 17-year-old Baidak is back home in Assam – and on a mission

    Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation
    · Nov 02, 2017 · 07:30 pm
  • In Assam, a panel has been set up to fix the minimum wages of Assam’s tea workers. But will it help?

    In Assam, a panel has been set up to fix the minimum wages of Assam’s tea workers. But will it help?

    Arunabh Saikia
    · Oct 18, 2017 · 07:30 am
  • In Assam, text messages are saving the lives of new mothers

    In Assam, text messages are saving the lives of new mothers

    Sarita Santoshini, IndiaSpend
    · Apr 25, 2017 · 02:30 pm
  • Workers in 300 tea estates in North Bengal haven't been paid in a month – but they are fine with it

    Workers in 300 tea estates in North Bengal haven't been paid in a month – but they are fine with it

    Subrata Nagchoudhury
    · Dec 04, 2016 · 09:00 am