Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sojar Owhal in her village of Kathoda. (Parth M.N. / For The Times) Urmila Owhal became a bride at 13. The sooner she married, the ...

Western companies such as Coca-Cola buy sugar from fields where workers suffer abuses. But the country has labor laws. Where was the government? By Megha Rajagopalan Reporting from Maharashtra, India ...

More than 200 workers have taken strike action at Jamaica’s third-largest sugar factory – which is scheduled to close in mid-March, reported Reuters news agency. Sugar cane cutters threw down their ...

Sugar cane cutters at the Haft Tappeh sugar factory have been out on strike for two weeks over non-payment of wages. Submitted by Mike Harman on August 31, 2018 Workers at Haft Tappeh have been out on ...

Climate shocks in Maharashtra ruin crops for many farmers More people are migrating to sugarcane fields to seek work Some say they are trapped due to low pay, poor conditions KOLHAPUR, India, Feb 6 ...

Click to open image viewer. A short-handled sugar cane cutter with metal blade and wood handle. The metal blade is flat and wide at the head, tapering slightly towards the hilt. There is a hook ...