1. Collective Bargaining in Tea industry — Presentation
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1. Collective Bargaining inTea Industry
2. Overview of the Indian Tea What is Collective Bargaining? AGENDA Collective
Bargaining in Tea Industry Industry Public Sector Private Sector Brooke Bond
Lipton Tata Global Beverages
3. What is Collective Bargaining?Collective bargaining is a process of negotiations
between employers and a group of employees aimed at reaching agreements that regulate
working conditionsDiscussion of Issues : Wage Scales Working Hours Training
Health & Safety Grievance Mechanism
4. Overview of the Indian Tea Industry
5. Connect
6. Overview of the Indian Tea 1823 – A tea plant was Industry discovered by Robert
Bruce 1839 – The Assam and Bessagaum in Assam Company, world’s first tea
2011 company, was established Tea Production : 988.32 million kg Turnover : 10,000
crore No. of Employed people – 1.2 million (50% women) Generates income for
another 10 million people
7. Public Sector
8. Collective Bargaining in Employers - 10 Tea Public Sector Associations in India
(Consultative Committee of Plantations Associations - Employees – 15 Trade Unions in
Tea Gardens (Assam CCPA) & Type of Regulatory Board – Tea Board of India West
Bengal) Collective Bargaining Bipartite Tripartite – In presence of State Government
1995 – CCPA and All Trade 9. Successful Incidents Unions in Tea Gardens Minimum
employment age: 15 years Free housing and medical facilities to employees Food
grains at highly subsidised rates for the 2011 – Indian Tea Association employees &
Assam ChahMazdoorSangha (ACMS) Increased quantum of fringe benefits 900g dry
tea leaves per month 342 cubic feet of firewood Additional compensation of Rs. 3 to
sprayers
10. 2011 – CCPA and Trade Unions in Tea Gardens Successful Incidents 2012 –
Five tea planters association Puja Bonus for tea workers at 20% &ACMS Fixed daily
wage per head at Rs. 84 for Jan – Dec 2012 Every year, wage will be increased by
Rs.5 Incentives to curb absenteeism
1999 – West Bengal 11. Unsuccessful Incidents Planters Association & West Bengal
Trade Unions Strike for 10 days 2011 – Dooars and Terai Regarding healthcare
facilities Planters Association &AkhilBharatiyaAdivasiVikasParishad (ABAVP)
Indefinite bandh Employees demanded Rs. 63 hike in wage Employers wished to
give Rs. 24 hike in wage
12. Private Sector
13. Brooke Bond
14. One of the most profiteering brand Established in 1869 Introduction It has the
following products Founder : Arthur Brooke under Unilever under its brand: • Brooke
Bond TajMahal • Brooke Bond Red Label • Brooke Bond TAAZA • Brooke Bond 3
Roses

2. 15. Collective Universal European Trade Union Action Day at Brooke
Bond Bargaining Unilever’s code of Business Principles Declaration of Human Right
Labour relation complaint by International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel,
Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) relating to its
operations in India and Pakistan
16. Lipton
17. 1893 – Sir Thomas Lipton established the Thomas Introduction J. 1991 - Unilever
1972 – Unilever bought Lipton business Lipton Co created a joint venture with Pepsi Co
(the Pepsi Lipton Partnership)
18. Collective Bargaining- Over 8,000 workers were Cause employed in Unilevers
Lipton tea Majority of factories across Pakistan them were considered temporary
workers, hired through contract labor Workers at a Unilever Lipton tea factory in
Pakistan were agencies protesting the companys refusal to provide permanent jobs for
their They could not join an union of No annual or medical leave workers Unilever
workers and they used to receive 1/3rd of the permanent They were also being deprived
of their bargaining power workers wage
19. Collective Bargaining- IUF filed a complaint with Effects the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to hold Unilever accountable for
denying basic rights to the majority of its At Unilevers Lipton factory in workers
through subcontracting RahimYar Khan, Pakistan, the OECD complaint led to a
settlement between the IUF and Unilever which secured the creation of new permanent
positions for all the union-supported Action Committee The members Action
Committee was formed to fight for their appointment as directly employed permanent
workers with the right to join the union
20. Collective Bargaining - The settlement stipulated Proposal that Unilever will create
120 new permanent positions at the plant and all Action Committee members will be
appointed to these positions According to the agreement, the workers should suffer no
discrimination at the factory and the company pledged to abstain from interference in the
work of the union in which they were enrolled as members
21. Tata Global Beverages
22. Formerly known as Started in the year 1964 by J.R.D Tata Introduction Includes
brands Headquartered in Kolkata, Paschimbangaa Tata Tea like: Tata Tea Tetley
Good Earth Teas Acquired Tetley JEMCA (UK company) in the year 2000 for $432
Current MD million & CEO: Percy T. Siganporia
23. Collective Bargaining- On May 9th August 2009, a pregnant lady worker
(Mrs. Cause AartiOraon) It happened in the NoweraNuddy collapsed while working on
the field plant in Lady was 8 months pregnant and she Jalpaiguri, Paschimbangaa was
denied She was maternity leave even after applying several times not even provided
with the basic medical treatment after collapsing in No transport facility was provided to
her and she was the field carried to the hospital in a garbage tractor
24. Collective Bargaining- 8 women who took the lady to the Effects hospital & helped
her were Arrest suspended along with the lady warrant against Mrs. AartiOraon for
theft, grievous bodily harm & Protest against the company by 500 women
workers criminal intimidation working Lockout at the plantation for at that particular
location continuous 4 months i.e. August- Agreement signed with trade December

3. union in front of minority workers present, resulting in 2nd lockout Lockout forced the
employees to face extreme conditions: hunger
25. Collective Bargaining- All the employees were Effects Condition was so extreme
that emergency denied wages, let alone bonuses ration was IUF raised its voice and
asked for: distributed Allowing suspended workers back Withdrawal of FIR against
Mrs. AartiOraon Clearing of wages due to the workers Starting the plant again
26. Collective Bargaining - It was Proposal proposed that: Both the party should
withdraw the case Payments to all workers employed, from the time of the second
lockout Family members of the two dismissed workers to be offered permanent jobs
and the two dismissed workers to be given compensation Management to make a cash
payment to Mrs. Oraon’s child as a gesture of goodwill a joint union-management
meeting to be held at the estate to establish procedures and mechanisms for resolving
grievances and raising awareness on maternity benefits and protection
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