Moulvibazar tea workers call off strike

The tea garden workers of National Tea Company (NTC) in Moulvibazar called off their one-day strike for due payments yesterday, as the officials of the state-owned firm ensured them of clearing the dues before July 4.

At a meeting, the NTC urged the tea workers to withdraw the strike, said Nirmal Das Painka, general secretary of Monu-Dhalai Valley of Bangladesh Cha Sramik Union. “We will clear the dues before July 4,” Mohammad Shahjahan, deputy general manager of NTC, told the Daily Star.

Around 7,000 workers went on a strike on Wednesday, as they have been paid at Tk 69 a day, down from Tk 85 a day which was fixed last year, said Enamul Haq, officer-in-charge of Kamalganj Police Station.