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A Rare Glimpse Inside Bangladesh Tea Estates

Bangladesh Tea Workers Fight for Rights

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Download  Of all the menial jobs in Bangladesh, for those that pluck the tea leaves for our daily cup, work is surely one of the most laborious, monotonous, and underpaid.

In part two of this series, our reporter Ric Wasserman gives us a rare opportunity to enter the world of tea workers, visiting a village where four hundred families have been working on tea estates for five generations.

 

آخری تازہ کاری ( پیر, 19 جولائی 2010 15:38 )
 

Tea Workers: A Bitter Survival in Bangladesh

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Download  After water, tea is the world’s most popular drink.

The highlands of Bangladesh have been producing tea for over 150 years, but the profits at the expense of slave-like conditions for the workers has long been the subject of controversy and conflict.

In this two part series, reporter Ric Wasserman journeys to the plantations in northeast Bangladesh to gain a rare insight into the tea estates.

 

آخری تازہ کاری ( پیر, 19 جولائی 2010 10:38 )
 
                 
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