US EditionVolkswagen’s Brazil unit ordered to pay $30 million for decades-old ‘slave labor’ case
- A Brazilian labor court has mandated that Volkswagen compensate 165 million reais for the exploitation of workers under slave-like conditions at an Amazon farm owned by the company during the 1970s and 1980s.
- The court accepted charges filed in 2024 after a long investigation that began with evidence gathered over many years by a local priest who closely followed the case.
- Between 1974 and 1986, approximately 300 laborers endured degrading and exploitative conditions at a Volkswagen-owned farm, including enforced debt bondage, surveillance by armed guards, unsafe housing, inadequate food supplies, and lack of medical treatment for illnesses such as malaria.
- A ruling confirmed that the farm was owned by Volkswagen and that the working conditions qualified as slave labor, with the judge highlighting that slavery's legacy continues to affect labor dynamics in Brazil today.
- Volkswagen, operating in Brazil for 72 years, affirmed compliance with labor laws and human dignity principles, but said it will appeal the largest slave-labor reparation in Brazil’s history.
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A Brazilian court imposes a million-dollar sentence on VW for slave-like work on a farm in the Amazon region during the military dictatorship. The company announces appeal.
Volkswagen to appeal Brazil court ruling over slave-like conditions at Amazon ranch
FRANKURT, Aug 31 — Volkswagen’s Brazilian subsidiary will appeal against a judgement that found it liable for holding workers in slave-like conditions in the 1970s and 1980s, the firm said yesterday.A labour court in the Brazilian state of Para found on Friday that hundreds of workers at a farm owned by Volkswagen do Brasil had been kept in debt bondage and watched over by armed guards as they worked.The Brazilian company should pay 165 million …
The Brazilian subsidiary of the multinational automobile company Volkswagen faces a fine of 165 million Brazilian reais (US$ 30 million) for allegations of labor exploitation in slavery at an agricultural production plant in Brazil, during the country’s military dictatorship (1964-1985).“The evidence in the case shows that Volkswagen do Brasil not only invested in the Companhia Vale do Rio Cristalino, but also actively participated in its strate…
The Volkswagen Group has been sentenced to compensation in Brazil for slave-like working conditions in the 1970s and 1980s. A labour court ruled that the Brazilian subsidiary must pay around 26 million euros.
A Brazilian court sentenced VW to a million-dollar sentence, focusing on serious accusations from the 1970s and 1980s.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Volkswagen Brazil will appeal the ruling of a court that found her guilty of keeping workers in slavery conditions in the northern state of Pará during the 1970s and 1980s, announced the German automaker on Saturday.The Labor Court in Pará ruled Friday against the Brazilian subsidiary of Volkswagen and ordered him to pay $30.3 million to the workers for having subjected them to debt bondage and surveillance with armed gua…
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