The tea workers demanded Tk 30,000 in arrears for 20 months in line with the hiked wages that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked tea garden owners to pay in August last year

Women's achievements were overshadowed by the gendered inequalities they continue to face

Historically, the tea industry in Bangladesh has been standing on the backbreaking labour of tea garden workers

Tea workers may not have had their demands fulfilled, but their united voice brings in a new era of workers' rights.

In the best interests of the tea sector, tea garden owners and government functionaries should promote true trade unionism.