India tea plantation workers denied fair wages and working conditions

Throughout tea plantations in India, workers have been denied fair wages and suffer from hunger and malnutrition. The India tea sector accounts for 31% of global tea production and employs over 1.2 million workers. Women compose over half of this workforce and the most are employed to pluck tea – the most labour-intensive part of production.

Nazdeek Trust, a human rights organization, in collaboration with other NGO’s is developing a campaign to improve working conditions on tea plantations in Assam, India. The organization was in need of legal assistance to research existing laws, policies, and agreements pertaining to living and working conditions of Indian labours…

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