The management of Sakrand Sugar Mills refused to recognise its workers’ union, meet with it or negotiate on its demands, which include payment of the legal minimum wages.
On 27 February 2019, the Sakrand Sugar Mills Union, a member of the Sindh Sugar Mills Workers’ Federation (SSMWF), held a protest rally at the factory gate in support of its demands after management turned down a request to meet. In retaliation, management stopped eight union leaders, including the president and general secretary, from entering the factory and began pressuring workers to withdraw from the union.
