Indias plantation sector urges relief from Minimum Wages Act

September 2, 2008 By:

INDIA’S plantation industry has urged the government to remove the sector from the Minimum Wages Act. D P Maheswari, president of the United Planters’ Association of Southern India, said: “The state governments are acting as if they are concerned about the ground realities of an open economy. Indian plantation sector has the disadvantage of a […]

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Cardamom strike called off in Indian state

September 1, 2008 By:

CARDAMOM plantations in Kerala, India have returned to business after an indefinite strike by workers was called off. The strike, which lasted 12 days, hit plantations at a time when the cardamom plants needed most attention; and was withdrawn after a wage settlement on the lines of that accepted by tea workers of the state. […]

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