The tea plantation owners have sat down for a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina regarding the demand of tea garden workers to raise daily wages.
The 13-member delegation of tea garden owners is led by Bangladesh Tea Association Chairman Shah Alam.
The meeting started around 4pm Saturday (27 August).
The workers observed continuous strikes in 241 tea gardens across the country demanding an increase in daily wages in line with commodity prices.
They sought Tk300 minimum daily wage instead of the present rate of Tk120.
From 9 to 11 August, the labourers held two-hour work abstinence every day.
An indefinite strike began on 13 August.
The Central Committee of the Tea Workers Union called off the strike after a meeting with the administration on 21 August, who offered to hike the wage by Tk25 from Tk120 to Tk145.
The administration then told the union that the prime minister would sit with the tea workers after her visit to India next month.
But the common workers rejected the proposal and vowed to continue the strike until their demand for a Tk300 daily wage is met.
