Kenyan Tea Workers' Strike (2007)

The Kenyan Tea Workers' Strike was a strike by tea workers in the Kericho region of Kenya in 2007 over the underpaying of workers.
== Background ==
Workers had been illegally underpaid in tea plantations for two years, leading for calls for a strike.Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenyan_tea_workers_strike_of_2007
== Events ==
10,000 tea workers' went on strike, shutting down 18 different plantations. The strike was declared illegal by the government but it kept going, with workers destroying the house of a manager and burning down work trucks.
== Results ==
The strike led to an increase in wages by 8%.
== References ==
Category:Africa
Category:Kenya
Category:Strikes
Category:Eastern Africa