List of trade unions in Indian tea gardens explained

This is a list of Indian trade unions in tea gardens, with their political affiliation in parentheses.

Assam

• Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha, affiliated to Indian National Trade Union Congress (Indian National Congress)^[1]
• Assam Sangrami Chah Shramik Sangh, affiliated to All India Central Council of Trade Unions (Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation)
• Assam Tea Labour Union^[2]
• Cachar Chah Sramik Union, affiliated to Indian National Trade Union Congress (Indian National Congress)
• Namoni Asam Cha Mazdoor Sangh, affiliated to Centre of Indian Trade Unions (Communist Party of India (Marxist))

West Bengal

• All West Bengal Tea Garden Labourers Union (Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist))^[3]
• Cha Bagan Mazdoor Union, affiliated to Centre of Indian Trade Unions^[4] (Communist Party of India (Marxist))
• Darjeeling District Chia Kaman Majdoor Union, affiliated to Centre of Indian Trade Unions^[5] (Communist Party of India (Marxist))
• Darjeeling District Chia Kaman Majdoor Union, affiliated to All India Trade Union Congress (Communist Party of India)
• Darjeeling Terai Dooars Cheeya Kaman Mazdoor Union^[6] (Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists)
• Darjeeling Terai Dooars Plantation Labour Union affiliated to (Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha)
• Dooars Cha Bagan Workers' Union, affialied to United Trade Union Congress^[7] (Revolutionary Socialist Party)
• Himalayan Plantation Workers' Union (Gorkha National Liberation Front)
• National Union of Plantation Workers, affiliated to Indian National Trade Union Congress^{[8] [9]} (Indian National Congress)
• Terai Sangrami Cha Sramik Union affiliated to the All India Central Council of Trade Unions^[10] (Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation)^[11]
• West Bengal Cha Mazdoor Sabha, affiliated to Hind Mazdoor Sabha^[12]

Notes and References

1. Sharma, Jayeeta. Empire's Garden: Assam and the Making of India. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011. p. 235
2. News: The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Northeast | Unions to move governor over Powai . https://web.archive.org/web/20101009142927/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100720/jsp/northeast/story_12701684.jsp . dead . 9 October 2010 . telegraphindia.com . 20 July 2010. Assam . 1 August 2011 . Calcutta, India.
3. Web site: Campaign for a Just Wage for Tea Plantation Workers launched | Media Room | New Trade Union Initiative . 1 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318002908/http://ntui.org.in/media/item/campaign-for-a-just-wage-for-tea-plantation-workers-launched/ . 18 March 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
4. News: Mujnai to reopen on May 4. https://web.archive.org/web/20110513094151/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110423/jsp/siliguri/story_13889049.jsp . dead . 13 May 2011 . telegraphindia.com . 23 April 2011 . 1 August 2011 . Calcutta, India.
5. News: The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | North Bengal & Sikkim | Three civic bodies to get babus as 'rulers' . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102135700/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090606/jsp/siliguri/story_11070594.jsp . dead . 2 November 2012 . telegraphindia.com . 6 June 2009. District . 1 August 2011 . Calcutta, India.
6. Web site: Work suspension at Chong Tong tea garden continues. . 18 September 2002 . 1 August 2011.
7. News: Tribals set Cong office on fire . https://web.archive.org/web/20120916205850/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-14/kolkata/28090984_1_rajesh-lakra-cha-bagan-workers-union-abavp-s-dooars-terai . dead . 16 September 2012 . 14 September 2009 . . 1 August 2011.
8. News: The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Business | Workers' stake in Tata firm sparks row . https://web.archive.org/web/20080606222803/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080602/jsp/business/story_9352232.jsp . dead . 6 June 2008 . Sohini . Mookherja . telegraphindia.com . 2 June 2008. 1 August 2011 . Calcutta, India.
9. Web site: Tea firms see losses ahead as workers strike - Home - livemint.com . livemint.com . 28 July 2011. 1 August 2011.
10. Web site: Tea Workers on a War Path in North Bengal. www.archive.cpiml.org.
11. News: Briefs . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102141634/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040202/asp/siliguri/story_2850021.asp . dead . 2 November 2012 . Calcutta, India . The Telegraph . 2 February 2004.
12. News: Merger in tea protest plan. https://web.archive.org/web/20121102141557/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050509/asp/siliguri/story_4713380.asp . dead . 2 November 2012 . telegraphindia.com . 9 May 2005. Merger in tea protest plan . 1 August 2011 . Calcutta, India.