| Creative Concepts Produces and Distributes Online Video for Client Bigelow Tea
Creative Concepts, www.Creative-Conceptsllc.com, a Public Relations, Marketing and New Media consultancy based in Fairfield, Connecticut, has produced and distributed the latest in a series of videos for Bigelow Tea's TEA-V channel located on the website, www.bigelowtea.com, and the Bigelow Tea blog, www.bigelowteablog.com, which is also supported by Creative Concepts. .
Kenyan strike shows trouble brewing for tea giants
A strike by more than 10,000 tea pickers in Kenya in East Africa has won an 8 percent pay increase. The workers, members of the Kenya Plantation and Agricultural Workers Union (KPAWU) took action in more than 18 estates in the Kericho region. The estates are owned by Unilever Tea Kenya (UTK), which produces brands including PG Tips. Unilever is the world�s largest tea producer, with 12 percent of the world market. The strike, which started on Saturday 8 September, featured bitter confrontations with scabs. The tea industry in Kenya employs 63,000 workers, but tea pickers were traditionally very poorly paid. Interviewed about life as a tea picker, one worker said, "Life here is hard. We work continuously from dawn to dusk, come rain or shine." Another, who has worked picking tea for 34 years, said, "Age is not an issue because I need to work for my family.
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