Labour protest programme at Mathani tea garden

A heated situation arose in the mathani tea garden in Bokakhat since Saturday morning. The workers of the garden staged a protest in front of the garden factory since Saturday morning following a casualty on Friday night over the payment of labour wages with tea garden director CJ Fernandes

The protesting workers said the workers faced various demands as the garden authorities paid wages to the workers through ATM but the garden director did not take into account the dissatisfaction of the workers. Garden workers on Saturday demanded that wages be paid as cash as before instead of ATMs

It may be recalled that such incidents of such incidents of workers and garden directors of Mathani tea garden are not new. Garden director Cj Fernandes has been accused of misbehaving with women workers in the garden, physically beating up workers etc. in the past

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