…[Workers] often [work] 12 hours per day with only a few breaks and a working week of seven days…It is clear from the survey[s] of…Boston University’s School of Public Health…that…sugar companies do not appear to be complying with the Nicaraguan labour code…[Additionally] the majority of workers are subcontracted...[T]he two surveys show that workers feel oppressed and are afraid that joining a trade union will lead to termination of contracts…This refers to the missing complaints mechanisms and lack of worker representation…The overview that the two ingenios provide us on their health and safety policies and activities are very different from the two surveys among Nicaraguan sugar workers…Moreover, thus far the companies have not provided any evidence by third party audits that their policies with regard to salaries and fair remuneration, working hours, and safety and health are really implemented…