A winch for a lashing rope includes ratchets, and an operating member, which consists of a handle, and a pair of levers. The handle has connecting rooms at two ends; the levers have bent end portions, which are passed into the connecting rooms, and are fixed in position by means of bolts; thus, the levers can be pivoted to and fro for stretching a rope. The handle is luminous so that the workers can easily find the same in the dark. The handle is provided with a corrugated surface and anti-slip protrusions so that the user can hold the same without possibility of slipping in operating the winch to stretch a rope.