Beedi workers demand improvement

Gwalior, Apr 30 (ANI): India's 'beedi' or hand-rolled traditional cigarette workers have demanded better deal as they bewail bad working conditions and low wages in beedi-making industry.Thousands of women in the predominantly unorganized sector work for long hours to roll beedi-tobacco rolled into tendu leaves-also called Indian cigars. Most of the beedi manufacturing companies outsource bidi rolling to women for a paltry wage. They are on an average paid less than 50 rupees or $1.19 a day.

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[HSPrzepa]

woot 1000 views!

[hanishp]

I have family business making beedi hahaha.. once i grad. from college i will love to spread it every possible places. cigarette companies will do anything to nail down beedi business outside asia because if beedi comes to power they will go bankrupt. beedi do have high nicotine than cigarette. the thing is cigarette companies add stuff to modify the cigarette so

[battlemac]

i am smoking bangladesh bidis now becose i LIKE IT

[romanmanus]

You should develope your market in Russia.

I like bidies very much!

[dechrigaahl]

bili power!!

[fionajanet]

beedi jalayle

[Computervst]

Hey I am smocking beedi now because the cig in Singapore is so expensive