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Court awards tea workers 30pc salary increase

Jane Wambui plucks her tea leaves at Wamagana Village in Tetu, Nyeri County. The Industrial Court awarded unionisable tea workers 30 per cent salary increment. (PHOTO: KIBATA KIHU/ STANDARD)

Unionisable tea workers will be laughing all the way to the bank after the Industrial Court awarded them a 30 per cent salary increment.

The lowest tea plucker will now take home Sh13,052, up from Sh10,052.

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