Tea workers in India falling prey to human traffickers

By Jason Koutsoukis
Updated December 5 2014 - 3:13pm, first published 1:04pm
The plight of Indian tea workers has become the focus of a major international campaign. Photo: Stop the Traffik
The plight of Indian tea workers has become the focus of a major international campaign. Photo: Stop the Traffik
The plight of Indian tea workers has become the focus of a major international campaign. Photo: Stop the Traffik
The plight of Indian tea workers has become the focus of a major international campaign. Photo: Stop the Traffik
The plight of Indian tea workers has become the focus of a major international campaign. Photo: Stop the Traffik
The plight of Indian tea workers has become the focus of a major international campaign. Photo: Stop the Traffik
The plight of Indian tea workers has become the focus of a major international campaign. Photo: Stop the Traffik
The plight of Indian tea workers has become the focus of a major international campaign. Photo: Stop the Traffik
Full-time workers earn a daily wage of about $1.75 and work eight hours a day, six days a week. Photo: Stop the Traffik
Full-time workers earn a daily wage of about $1.75 and work eight hours a day, six days a week. Photo: Stop the Traffik

Last month, a group of workers at a West Bengal tea estate wedged between Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh abruptly ended wage negotiations with their boss, dragged him outside and beat him to death.

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