Rajganj’s Shikarpur T.E. employees on strike in support of several demands

Rajganj, 01st June: In support of multiple demands including a salary hike, the staff and sub-staff of Shikarpur Tea Estate Factory have stopped work. Today, the workers protested in front of the factory under the Shikarpur Gram Panchayat of Rajganj block. 


In this regard, Tea Estate Factory Head Clerk Phonindra Nath Das maintained that the staff and sub-staff are on strike in support of 10-point demands. He further stated that they joined the hunger strike in Oodlabari yesterday after a gate meeting. Apart from the salary hike, they are demanding the tenure of service be increased from 58 years to 60 years. The protesters warned of initiating a larger agitation from June 07 if their demands are not fulfilled soon.


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