Daily wage of estate workers increased

Daily wage of estate workers increased

June 6, 2011   04:06 pm

Plantation Trade Unions and the Private Tea Factory Owners Association have singed a new agreement to increase the daily wage of estate workers, President of the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) Muttu Sivalingam confirmed.


The basic daily wage of an estate worker has been increased from Rs.285 to Rs.380 while the total daily wage, including all other allowances, has been increased from Rs.405 to Rs.515, Sivalingam also the Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs told Ada Derana.

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