Tea workers earn higher wages than counterparts in major cash crops

A worker plucks tealeaves at a farm in Muranga County, May 9, 2018. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Workers in the tea sub-sector draw higher wages than their counterparts in other cash crop industries such as coffee and floriculture despite pending pay rise deals, a new report showed.

The gap could widen further when the pending 2016-17 and 2018-19 Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) are concluded.

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