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Describe your walk from home to work and your work as a tea-picker​

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Kenyan tea workers were asked to state how

much they need to support themselves and

their family. In general, tea factory workers

gave higher figures for a living wage than tea

pickers, as they need to spend more on

food and other basic expenses.The average

between the tea pickers and tea factory

workers was 10,679 Kenyan shillings (KES)

(£84.40), which confirms current estimates

for a living wage of 10,000 KES (£79.03)

given by flower worker trade unions.11

Workers in the tea processing factory

interviewed for this report were paid about

5,000 KES (£39.52) per month before

overtime, i.e. half a living wage.Tea pickers,

who are paid a piece rate for each kilogram

of tea they harvest, are even worse off.Tea

pickers on the smaller estates earn between

2,500 KES (£19.76) a month in the dry

season and 5,000 KES (£39.52) in the wet

season.Those interviewed for this report

were only earning on average 3,060 KES

(£24.18) a month – under half of what

they see as a living wage.

Even the highest paid workers struggle to

survive on the wages they earn. Food is their

biggest concern, and the vast majority

of workers report that their salaries are

inadequate to buy food for themselves and

their families.The average monthly food

budget of Kenyan tea pickers is 2,600 KES

(£20.55), which takes up almost all their

average monthly earnings. Even though they

spend a huge proportion of their earnings on

food, many tea pickers must make do on one

meal a day.They also describe struggling to

find the money to rent even small one-room

shacks made of scrap wood, which cost

around 300 KES (£2.37) per month.

Workers all report that these pressures are

increasing as living costs, particularly food

prices, have risen sharply while wages

stagnate.With the bare necessities of food

and shelter consuming so much of a worker’s

earnings, families struggle to find the money

for other fundamental expenditures such as

clothing, health care and school fees. On such

low salaries, savings are non-existent, which

increases workers’ insecurity and vulnerability.

Many must also take on additional work to

supplement their wages.This ranges from

farming a small plot to brewing home-made

liquor for sale.

Low wages are also widespread in the Indian

tea sector.The estate examined in this report

pays its labourers 1,220 rupees (Rs) per

month, the equivalent of £15.45, but workers

estimate that a living wage would be at least

Rs 3,500 (£44.34) per month.This means their

earnings are a mere 35% of a living wage.

For Indian workers, lack of food is the major

concern.The rise in global food prices over

the last few years has forced a reduction in

the amount of food consumed because

workers simply cannot afford to buy what

they need. Consequently, there is widespread

malnutrition and medical studies have found

that 60% of the children in Indian tea estates

are underweight.12

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