Adivasi group stages protest in Dibrugarh over wages, benefits for small tea garden workers

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DIBRUGARH: The Adivasi Yuva-Chatra Santha, Assam (AICSA) staged a protest in Dibrugarh on Wednesday, raising a series of long-standing issues faced by workers employed in small tea gardens across Assam. The organisation took out a rally from in front of the Dibrugarh Chowkidingee Sahitya Sabha Bhawan to the office of the Dibrugarh District Commissioner, where its central committee staged a demonstration. The protesters demanded assured minimum wages, provident fund (PF) benefits, timely payment of bonuses, safe transportation facilities, and stronger protection of workers’ human rights.

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