In 2023, the Global Living Wage Coalition commissioned the Anker Research Institute and ISEAL to do a needs assessment aimed at gathering stakeholder views on the readiness to advance on living wages for tea workers in Assam and West Bengal. 

The report 'Assessing the need for living wage benchmark studies for the tea sector in Assam and West Bengal', compiles our findings and recommendations from this feasibility study. Its core aim is to inform action by the coalition, the tea industry, trade unions and other partners interested in advancing the dialogue on worker wages in Assam and West Bengal and tea sector.