Labor & Economic News Blog

Thursday, July 21, 2005

Strike hits Indian tea industry hard
NEW DELHI, July 20 (Reuters): India's tea industry, the world's largest, has suffered heavy losses because of a 10-day-old strike, but union leaders vowed today to continue their indefinite action. Industry officials said tea estates were losing about 200 million rupees (US$4.6 million) a day. Union leaders, representing about 300,000 workers, said they would call off the strike only if employers agreed to raise wages.

 



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