Rescue from work analogous to slavery in Brazil has reached its peak in 12 years

The higher number of inspections during the Lula government is a contributing factor to the increase in rescues.

Jul.3.2023 10:46AM

Nadine Nascimento
Pedro Nascimento

SALVADOR (BA)
The Ministry of Labor rescued 1,443 people living in conditions analogous to slavery from January 1st to June 14th, 2023. This is almost double the total of 771 rescues carried out in the entire first half of 2022.

Registrations grew especially after the release of workers found in degrading situations in wineries in Rio Grande do Sul, in February.

To explain the evolution of the numbers, specialists point to different factors, among them the change of the federal government, the labor reform, and the wide repercussion of the most recent cases.



Auditores fiscais do trabalho durante operação de fiscalização de condições de trabalho
Labor inspectors during an operation to inspect working conditions - Divulgação/Auditoria Fiscal do Trabalho

Luiz Felipe Brandão, secretary of Labor Inspection at the ministry, says that the change in government had a mobilizing character: "With greater publicity of our work, complaints, and investigations have increased, generating a greater number of rescues".

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https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2023/07/rescue-from-work-analogous-to-slavery-in-brazil-has-reached-its-peak-in-12-years.shtml