Plantation Trade Unions and the Private Tea Factory Owners Association singed a new collective agreement to increase the daily wage of estate workers, President of the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) Muttu Sivalingam confirmed today.
The basic daily wage of an estate worker has been increased from Rs.285 to Rs.380 while the total daily wage, including all other allowances, has been increased from Rs.405 to Rs.515, Sivalingam who is also the Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs, added.