Providing decent working conditions in Brazil a challenge, experts say
Providing decent working conditions in Brazil can be challenging, but it is the necessary avenue to tackle slave-like labor. The conclusion was drawn by specialists heard by Agência Brasil amid the large number of workers rescued in recent months.In the view of Labor Prosecutor and Regional Coordinator for the Fight Against Slave Labor Tiago Muniz Cavalcanti, the plight must be addressed on two fronts: prevention and repression.“When we talk about prevention, there’s primary prevention, when the crime [of slave-like labor] has not yet occurred, and secondary prevention, when we need to protect the victim after it’s committed, reverse vulnerability factors, and bring them to decent work so they’re not targeted yet again. Both primary and secondary forms of prevention are our big bottlen...