Court of Appeal lifts orders protecting tea workers from being sent home

Thousands of tea workers who have boycotted work to protest the introduction of mechanised tea picking now risk being sacked after Court of Appeal lifted orders protecting them.

The appellate court judges faulted Employment and Labour Relations Court for issuing orders in favour of the workers while there was another suit filed by Unilever Tea Limited on the same issue, and which had not been concluded before the High Court.