BYD EV manufacturer clashes and apologizes to one of its main markets due to slavery-like conditions

BYD EV manufacturer clashes and apologizes to one of its main markets due to slavery-like conditions

The Chinese BYD electric car factory construction in northern Brazil has turned out into a dispute between Chinese investors and Brazilian authorities who accused the Chinese contractor of having Brazilian labor working in slavery-like conditions that allegedly entered the country with temporary labor visas.

Workers found in “slavery-like conditions” at BYD construction site

A subcontractor for the Chinese manufacturer is accused of having exploited 163 Chinese workers by imposing terrible working conditions on the construction site of this factory, the first of the Chinese manufacturer outside Asia.

The mayor of Camaçari, Luiz Caetano (PT), defended BYD, an electric car company that is in the process of installing factories in the city and which was the subject of complaints of slave labor. Caetano points out that the company was quick to terminate the contract with the company responsible for hiring the workforce. “I think so, I think they have to be very careful.

Authorities of the neighbouring country determined that 163 workers were working in a degrading way, overcrowded and unable to move freely. All of them do so in the factory that the Chinese automaker lifts in Bah a.

Brazil Suspends BYD EV Plant Construction Over Worker Conditions

Brazil labour authorities say workers constructing BYD EV plant subject to ‘slavery-like’ conditions, victims of human trafficking This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Brazil Suspends BYD EV Plant Construction Over Worker Conditions The post Brazil Suspends BYD EV Plant Construction Over Worker Conditions appeared first on IT Security News.