A focal point of Global May Day 2026 is the struggle of tea plantation workers in Bangladesh and their ten point charter. The Tea Workers’ Trade Union Center (TWTUC) supports the call to action and Monisha of TWTUC prepared this message, which could be used to inform about the struggle at May Day rallies worldwide.

You can listen to the audio below and also check out the transcription. A version with a German translation is currently in the making and will be published here by Tuesday (April 28th).

Transcript:

Revolutionary greetings from the tea gardens of Bangladesh to our comrades around the world. We stand with you this May Day.

The pattern of exploitation is the same everywhere of the world. But so is our spirit of resistance.
The Tea Workers’ Trade Union Center is currently mobilizing for a ten point charter of rights.
We are demanding a minimum daily wage of 600 Taka and an end to the manupulation of weight measurements. We demand the legal ownership of the land our ancestors cultivated for generations and the official recognition of our divers ethinc identities and languages. Our struggle is for basic humanity. We are fighting for functional health care in every garden, for clean drinking water and for the rights of our women workers; including paid maternity leave and an end to violence. We refuse to be treated as relicts of colonial past. We are the backbone of this industry and we demand our share. As you march throughout the world today, remember the tea workers in Bangladesh.
Our revolution is bound together. Together let us build a world, free of exploitation.

Workers of the world unite. Solidarity forever!