Brazil: Volkswagen asks for more time to review reports on rights violations during dictatorship; new meeting is set to September
要約
Date Reported: 2022年6月16日
場所: ブラジル
その他
Not Reported ( 農業及び畜産 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
労働者: ( Number unknown - ブラジル , 農業及び畜産 , Gender not reported )課題
Debt Bondage , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , 従業員 , Personal Health回答
Response sought: Yes, by Reuters
External link to response: (Find out more)
取られた措置: A spokesperson for Volkswagen said the carmaker takes the described events at the farm very seriously but that it would not comment further on an ongoing legal investigation.
情報源のタイプ: News outlet
"Volkswagen asks for more time in Brazil human rights probe", 20 June 2022
...Volkswagen asked for more time to review reports alleging human rights violations tantamount to "modern slavery" on a farm it owned in Brazil between 1974-1986...
Public prosecutors summoned Volkswagen to attend an administrative hearing in Brasilia on June 14 to review reports alleging the mistreatment of temporary workers at the farm in Brazil's Amazon region brought forward by the Ministry of Labor...
Ricardo Rezende, a priest and a professor at the Federal University in Rio de Janeiro, had first gathered testimonials from farm workers before submitting reports of mistreatment to prosecutors in 2019. Brazil's Ministry of Labor then independently investigated the claims, collecting its own testimonials from workers who are still alive, according to the minutes of the June 14 meeting...
A spokesperson for Volkswagen said the carmaker takes the described events at the farm very seriously but that it would not comment further on an ongoing legal investigation.
A second meeting between the carmaker and the working group at Brazil's Public Ministry of Labor was scheduled for Sept. 29...