Last month more than 300,000 tea, coffee, rubber and cardamom plantation workers in the south Indian state of Kerala took indefinite strike action. The walkout was to ...

A joint council of Indian plantation trade unions (JCTU) shut down a 17-day strike by over 300,000 tea, coffee, rubber and cardamom estate workers in the southern Indian state of Kerala after reaching ...

The Indian Express reports former Kerala Chief Minister and opposition leader V.S. Achuthanandan, a 92-year-old communist, joined protesters on Sunday, vowing to remain with them until their demands ...

During a visit by the Kerala Women’s Commission on Tuesday (October 22, 2024), plantation workers in Peerumade taluk in Idukki invited the attention of the members to the pathetic condition of layams ...

Women plantation labourers of Munnar in Kerala, who won a historic battle for bonus on their own, have once again snubbed the established trade unions by keeping off the indefinite strike called by ...

The Kerala government intends to form a special committee to manage plantation-related cases under the coordination of the Plantation Directorate, Industries Minister P. Rajeeve has said. The Minister ...

The south produces about 17% of India’s tea production. It's time to celebrate the special attributes of the various teas ...

IDUKKI: To outsiders, the lush green tea plantations that blanket the sprawling hills of Idukki are mesmerising. However, for the thousands of plantation workers employed in these gardens, life is ...

A steady rain falls on velvet green terraces, releasing a powerful scent of newly harvested tea. A ripple of voices tumbles down the hillside as a man barks orders. The tea pickers, all women, many in ...