Tea pickers in Kericho. [Photo/BusinessDaily]
Tea pickers have vowed to countinue with their strike untill their demands are met.
According to the workers unions, they will only return to work until the industrial court ruling of 2014 is fully enforced.
In a quick rejoinder, Tea firms in Nandi County stated that they will continue to haemorrhage money.
The Kenya Tea Growers Association (KTGA), which represents the tea companies, last week got a prohibition order from court barring the union from enforcing the strike .
However, the union officials said the directive had been overtaken by events.
“The strike will go on until tea firms honour the court order on salary increase. Only 15 per cent has been effected so far,” Kenya Agricultural and Plantation Workers’ Union (KAPWU) national organising secretary, Henry Omasire, said today.
The Labour Court in Kericho barred multinational firms in the area from engaging services of the police to evict striking workers from their houses.