US EditionBrazil Prosecutors Sue Chinese Carmaker BYD for Violating Labor Rights
- Brazilian prosecutors are suing BYD and two contractors for human trafficking and conditions 'analogous to slavery' at a construction site in Bahia.
- The Public Labour Prosecutor's Office rescued 220 Chinese workers after investigating an anonymous complaint.
- Prosecutors allege that workers had their passports confiscated and faced withholding of salaries up to 70%.
- The lawsuit seeks 257 million reais in moral damages, as reported by the labor prosecutors' office.
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Brazil sues China's BYD over 'slavery' conditions on build site
Brazilian prosecutors are suing Chinese electric car giant BYD and two contracting companies for human trafficking and alleged slave labor conditions at a build site, according to legal documents seen by AFP Thursday.
A team of Brazilian prosecutors filed a lawsuit against Chinese electric car giant BYD and two contractor companies for alleged slave labor and human trafficking in Brazil.]]>
Brazil just sued Tesla’s biggest competitor from China for worker conditions ‘analogous to slavery’
Brazilian prosecutors sued BYD for allegedly bringing Chinese workers illegally to the country and then subjecting them to working conditions “analogous to slavery.” Workers building the company’s industrial plant in Camaçari, a city in the Brazilian state of Bahia, were purportedly crammed in dormitories and had their passports and a majority of their wages withheld. Brazilian prosecutors are suing BYD, China’s biggest EV maker, accusing the co…
Brazilian Labor Prosecutors Sue Chinese Carmaker BYD Over ‘Slave Labor’ Conditions
Labor prosecutors in Brazil have filed a lawsuit against Chinese auto manufacturer BYD, accusing it of human trafficking and allowing workers building a factory to live in conditions tantamount to slave labor. In a May 27 statement on its website, Brazil’s Public Ministry of Labor (MPT) said the lawsuit named as defendants Build Your Dreams (BYD) and construction companies China JinJiang Construction Brazil and Tonghe Equipamentos Inteligentes d…
China’s BYD is sued over ‘slave-like’ labor conditions
One day after BYD (BYDDY-1.47%) overtook Tesla’s (TSLA-3.33%) market share in Europe, the Chinese EV maker and two of its contractors were sued by the Brazilian government for subjecting 220 Chinese workers in the South American country to “slavery-like conditions.” The construction site of a new BYD factory in Camacari, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia, was set to open in March 2025, but was shut down by the government there in Dece…
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