Brazilian Luxury Clothing Company Busted for Slave Labor

[Judi Lynn]

1. Investigating slavery increased under Lula, continued with Dilma.

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At the Brookfield Donna factory, the rescued employees were compensated US$1 per garment, which were later sold in retail stores for amounts exceeding $200.

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Brazilian officials have rescued over 50,000 people from working in slavery since 1995, with 10,000 of those between 2011 and 2015 alone, according to government data.

Despite efforts by Brazil's government to prevent labor abuses and the tragedies that stem from them, thousands of immigrants continue to toil in illegal factories supplying clothes and other goods to some of the country's best-known retailers.

Brazil has about 200,000 people working as modern day slaves, according to the International Labor Organization.

If it were left only to the dominant right-wing, nothing would ever interfere with their slavery, as it was in the past.