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schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 22 days ago

Brazilian court removes BYD from list of firms linked to forced labor

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schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 22 days ago
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  • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    was based on the premise that BYD was the real employer of the workers

    …so it’s cool if it’s a subcontractor? Weird

    https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/volkswagens-brazil-unit-ordered-pay-30-million-decades-old-slave-labor-case-2025-08-29/

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      Well, probably because if they use that metric, a ton of other companies, many US based (though unsure if Brazil cares about that part) would be on the list too. There was an older Last Week Tonight episode about how much cheap clothes and luxury clothes ended up having subcontractors that used slaves.

      Owners would claim they had no idea, would fire the subcontractor, then sometimes the issue would repeat. I recall one claim was that their subcontractors would farm out work to even more subcontractors as the reason why, but that still feels like passing the buck.

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    🤦

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    Most of us are doing forced labor anyway, otherwise wont survive next month. Also have no money for leisure and labor market is beyond fuked

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