Sri Lanka, Jan. 20 -- Tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka have long been demanding a salary hike to make their income on par with labourers of other sectors, but for years their call has always gone unheard. The demand by the estate workers is to increase their daily minimum wage to Rs.1,000. But after a series of discussions, the meeting held on Friday, January 15 between Labour Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva and the Chairmen of the country's Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs), ended with a final proposal. The proposal made by the planters was based on the concept of 'performance-linked wages'.

Under the final proposal, RPCs are offering a fixed daily wage of Rs.1,105 including incentives and also with the re-introduction of attenda...