The Brazilian subsidiary of the Chinese manufacturer, BYD Auto do Brasil, announced in a statement that it terminated “with immediate effect” the contract of the company responsible for the work, where 163 Chinese were working in precarious conditions.
A total of 163 workers, of Chinese nationality, were rescued from the construction sites of a factory that the Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD is building in the Brazilian state of Bahia, in the northwest of the country.
The authorities removed all the workers when they understood that they were in a situation equivalent to slavery, he reported. RFI. Their passports had been withheld so that they could not leave Brazil and 60% of their salaries were confiscated.
The Brazilian subsidiary of the Chinese manufacturer, BYD Auto do Brasil, announced in a statement that it terminated “with immediate effect” the contract of the company responsible for the work, Jinjiang Construction Brazil Ltda.
*Read Also: At least 10 dead after a small plane crashed in a tourist town in Brazil
The work is located in Camaçari, in Bahia, where BYD’s largest electric car factory outside of Asia is being built.
According to authorities, Chinese employees did not have the necessary protective measures and there were at least two workplace accidents caused by lack of rest. After the intervention of the Brazilian Labor Prosecutor’s Office, the employees are now distributed in hotels waiting for their situation to be regularized. They will not work on the construction site again.
Post Views: 185
