US EditionVolkswagen Brazil Ordered to Pay Millions for Abusing Workers
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Brazilian Labour Court condemns auto builders for slavery-like employment relations during dictatorship.
Volkswagen Brazil Ordered to Pay Millions for Abusing Workers
Last month, The Washington Post published a story that was literally decades in the making. In it, journalists Terrence McCoy and Marina Dias described the work done by by a Catholic priest, Ricardo Rezende Figueira, to raise awareness of labor abuses committed by Volkswagen Brazil beginning almost 50 years ago. Now, a legal judgment in the case has been reached — and it’s put Volkswagen’s Brazilian subsidiary on the hook for the equivalent of $…
Published on: 01.09.2025 16:30Author: Sandra WeissA Brazilian court sentenced Volkswagen to 26 million euros in punishment for modern slavery on an Amazon farm in the 1970s. The verdict is considered pioneering in the fight against labour exploitation.
Volkswagen has been sentenced to a million-dollar sentence in Brazil for slave-like working conditions during the military dictatorship.
The sentence is known after the talks failed to reach an agreement with the Brazilian VW unit
A Brazilian court found Volkswagen Brazil guilty of using slave labor on its Amazon ranch in 1974—1986 and recovered nearly $30 million. The company itself, which is one of the country's largest automakers, announced its intention to appeal the court's decision.
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