Terai Sangrami Cha Sramik Union
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The Terai Sangrami Cha Sramik Union ('Terai Militant Tea Labourers Union') is a trade union
of tea plantation workers in northern West Bengal
, India
. The union is affiliated to the All India Central Council of Trade Unions
(AICCTU). Politically, the union is aligned with the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
.
As of 2004, Basudeb Basu was the president of TSCSU.
In 2011 TSCSU joined the Pashchim Banga Cha Sramik Karmachari Union, the Darjeeling Terai Dooars Chia Kaman Union and the All West Bengal Tea Garden Labourers Union
in launching a joint campaign, for implementation of a daily minimum wage of 245 for labourers at tea plantations (in order to comply with the norms of the 15th International Labour Conference and subsequent orders of the Supreme Court of India
). Moreover, the four unions resolved to campaign for the implementation of the Plantation Labour Act, and in case of sick and closed plantations demand the implementation of the 2010 Supreme Court directive.
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
of tea plantation workers in northern West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The union is affiliated to the All India Central Council of Trade Unions
All India Central Council of Trade Unions
All India Central Council of Trade Unions, a central trade union federation in India. AICCTU is politically attached to Communist Party of India Liberation...
(AICCTU). Politically, the union is aligned with the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
Communist Party of India Liberation is a communist political party in India.Communist Party of India was formed in 1969 by the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries, who had split from Communist Party of India in 1967...
.
As of 2004, Basudeb Basu was the president of TSCSU.
In 2011 TSCSU joined the Pashchim Banga Cha Sramik Karmachari Union, the Darjeeling Terai Dooars Chia Kaman Union and the All West Bengal Tea Garden Labourers Union
All West Bengal Tea Garden Labourers Union
The All West Bengal Tea Garden Labourers Union is a trade union of tea plantation workers in northern West Bengal, India. It was founded in 1989. Politically, the union is aligned with the Communist Party of India...
in launching a joint campaign, for implementation of a daily minimum wage of 245 for labourers at tea plantations (in order to comply with the norms of the 15th International Labour Conference and subsequent orders of the Supreme Court of India
Supreme Court of India
The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India...
). Moreover, the four unions resolved to campaign for the implementation of the Plantation Labour Act, and in case of sick and closed plantations demand the implementation of the 2010 Supreme Court directive.