Dhaka, May 20 -- Oxfam and the Fair Pay Foundation (FPF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Oxford, UK which is seen as a step towards transforming the tea industry and uplifting the lives of marginalised workers.

This "strategic partnership" aims to build a global movement for fairness, ethical business, equality, and justice in labor-intensive industries-starting with tea plantations in Bangladesh.

Policy makers, business personalities, academicians, Bangladeshi diaspora members of the UK joined the MoU signing event on May 19.

Signed by Sir Sheikh Aliur Rahman KGOR OBE, Ambassador and Chairman of the Fair Pay Foundation, and Ashish Damle, Country Director of Oxfam in Bangladesh, this MoU sets the foundation for the d...