Claudia, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Brazil
Original source translated using googletranslate.com: 6 workers were rescued from a farm in Claudia, Mato Grosso. The workers had been hired informally for approx. 2 months, and were promised $25 per hectare of land cleared for cattle grazing. The accommodation consisted of two canvas tents and mattresses. The employer did not provide transport from the accommodation to the farm. Food was prepared in a wood stove which had been made by the workers. The workers drank water from a stream which did not pass through any filtering system. There were also no toilet facilities. It was also reported that pesticides were exposed in an open shed which was less than 30 meters from the housing.
Location
Brazil · Claudia, Mato Grosso, Brazil · 2011 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
MPT and Federal Highway Police: The employer paid the ‘redundancy guaranteed by law’, and ‘individual compensation for moral damages’. The total was approx. $10,000, with an additional $24,000 for collective moral damage.
The MPT and the Federal Highway Police (PRF) cooperated to inspect the working conditions. The employer signed a TAC with MPT, and pledged to enforce the correct labor standards, as well as following health and safety standard in this and his other farms.
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