UK companies can help break the cycle of poverty wages on Assam’s tea plantations
[caption id="attachment_5030" align="alignleft" width="550"] Tea pickers in Assam. Credit: Traidcraft Exchange / HELM Studio[/caption]
CORE Coalition, Accountability Counsel, Nazdeek, and other civil society organisations concerned about labour exploitation on Assam tea plantations are writing to 12 major British tea brands and retailers that source tea from Assam, urging them to use their purchasing power to help break the cycle of poverty wages.