Bangladeshi tea workers are mostly indigenous people from India, Dalit Hindus who migrated during British rule. They are among the most deprived and marginalized communities in the country, living in small, thatched-roofed mud houses where they are allowed to stay as long as a family member is working.
A registered worker gets a meager 69 taka (less than US$ 1) as a daily minimum wage, which ranks among the lowest in the world.