Volkswagen faces historic $30 million penalty for ‘exploiting’ workers in Brazil’s Amazon

Brazil’s labor court has ordered Volkswagen to pay $30 million for subjecting workers to slave-like conditions at a company farm in the Amazon during the 1970s and 1980s, marking the largest reparation in the country’s history.

​Brazil’s labor court has ordered Volkswagen to pay $30 million for subjecting workers to slave-like conditions at a company farm in the Amazon during the 1970s and 1980s, marking the largest reparation in the country’s history.