Welcome to Indian Sugar Industry Workers Association :: Fighting Exploitation in the Sugar Industry
Welcome to Indian Sugar Industry Workers Association :: Fighting Exploitation in the Sugar Industry
Date: 6 January 2026
Location: Maharashtra, India
In the wake of last year’s high-profile exposé in the New York Times and High Court findings of unconscionable conditions in India’s sugar fields, the New Year begins with fresh reports of abuse, including over 50 sugarcane harvesters held in conditions of modern slavery and children sexually assaulted on plantation premises while their parents labour in the fields
Date: 18 Mar 2025
Location: Mumbai, India
In a world historic ruling today, the Bombay High Court issued a transformative order addressing the exploitation and welfare of migrant sugarcane workers
Date: 03 Mar 2025
Location: Mumbai, India
A coalition of labour and human rights groups – coming together under the banner of the newly-formed India Sugar Industry Workers Association (ISWA) – is launching an ambitious collaboration to end longstanding human rights abuses in India’s multi-billion-dollar sugar industry.
No Worker Left Behind—Dignity, Safety, and Fair Wages for All!