2023-09-27 00:58:25
Cargill was sentenced to pay a fine of 600,000 reais (about $121,000) for moral and collective damages, according to a statement released by the Public Ministry of Labor. Cases of slave labor They appeared on farms in the states of Bahia and Pará, where the multinational bought directly and indirectly raw materials for the production of chocolates and cocoa butter.
For Judge Naiara Lage Pereira, of the Bahia Labor Court and responsible for judging the case in the first instance, there is no doubt that there was a practice of slave labor and child exploitation on the cocoa farms.
“By privileging contracting through intermediaries, the defendant company increasingly encourages the so-called material outsourcing system, giving room to make labor relations even more precarious,” argued the togada.
Formalization of employment contracts
The company, in addition to paying the fine, must adopt a series of measures to establish “ethical relationships” in the production chain, including the formalization of labor contracts with all cocoa producers and suppliers with whom it negotiates.
As reported by the accusing entity, the American multinational alleged that there is no legal duty that imposes supervision over the production chain and stressed that it does not maintain any employment relationship with the farms, as it acts as a “mere buyer.” He also stated that he has a program to promote decent work and combat child labor and that in case of irregularities he does not accept the product and terminates the contracts.
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