The Brazilian Volkswagen unit was sentenced to pay 165 million reais (30.44 million dollars ) In damage and damages to submit the workers of a farm to conditions similar to slavery in the 1970s and 1980s, the Labor Prosecutor’s Office reported on Friday.
A Labor Court ruled that hundreds of workers from a ranch managed by Volkswagen underwent degrading working conditions, forced to debt servitude and maintained under armed surveillance. The company said it would appeal the decision.
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VW’s livestock and timber activities in the Amazon during that period had the support of government incentives under the military dictatorship of Brazil, as part of a broader state plan to develop the region.
The sentence is known after the conversations failed to reach an agreement with the Brazilian VW unit when the company “showed no interest” in the negotiations, the prosecutors had alleged.
Volkswagen must publicly admit your responsibility in the case and present a formal apology, prosecutors said. It is also obliged to apply a “zero tolerance” policy for slave working conditions.
In a statement, the car manufacturer said that “systematically defends the principles of human dignity and strictly complies with all applicable labor laws and regulations.”
With EFE information
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