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Blacklist of Brazilian companies fined for slave labor, Forced or Slave Labor, National Day of Combat against Slave Labor, National Institute Pact for the Eradication of Slave Labor (InPACTO), National Pact for the Eradication of Slave Labor 2005, Unaí Massacre/Minas Gerais
Slave Worker – Charcoal Kiln – Brazil
Photo Credit: Ministry of Labor
Made possible through the Access to Information Act, on February 5, 2016, the Brazilian National Institute Pact for the Eradication of Slave Labor (InPACTO) released the Ministry of Labor’s updated blacklist of 340 companies fined for maintaining workers under slave-like conditions. While agricultural enterprises make up the large majority, textile and construction companies operating in urban areas are not far behind.
Since 2003, the Ministry of Labor began publishing its annual “Laundry List,” as it is known, to deter companies from using slave labor. The blacklist reveals the identity of the owner, business name with registration number, and address. Those blacklisted cannot obtain government loans and participate in public auctions. Under the National Pact for the Eradication of Slave Labor of 2005, they also face private sector boycott of their products and services. Continue reading