Brazilian district attorneys on Tuesday claimed that they had actually saved over 160 Chinese people from “slavery-like conditions.”
The employees had actually been constructing a manufacturing facility for Chinese car manufacturer BYD in Camacari in Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia.
What do we understand concerning the employees’ problems?
Since November, Bahia’s Public Works Ministry claimed it had actually recognized “163 workers who appeared to be in slave-like conditions.”
The ministry claimed that employees were maintained in “an alarming situation of precariousness” and based on “degrading working conditions.”
“In one of the accommodations, workers slept on beds without mattresses and had no wardrobes for their personal effects, which were mixed together with food supplies,” the ministry claimed, including that there was just one bathroom for every single 31 employees.
The ministry additionally claimed that it believed that “forced labor” had actually happened, as employees’ tickets had actually been taken and 60% of their income had actually been kept.
The declaration claimed that those that stop their work would certainly be compelled to pay the firm for their airline tickets from China and their return ticket.
BYD brake with service provider
BYD’s Brazilian subsidiary claimed in a declaration that it had “broken with immediate effect” with Jinjiang Construction Brazil, a service provider that had actually been accountable for service the website, and was “studying other appropriate measures.”
The subsidiary claimed it “does not tolerate violations of Brazilian law and human dignity.” It claimed that it had actually been changing problems at the website and informed service providers “adjustments” needed to be made.
It claimed it had actually right away moved the 163 employees to remain in resorts in the area for the time being.
sdi/wd (AP, AFP, Lusa)
