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"Lack of hygiene and sanitary structure. One year after slave labor scandal, employees hold demonstrations at BYD factory in Bahia", 16 Dec 2025, Times Brasil

Lack of hygiene [...] mark the routine at the current construction site of the BYD complex in Camaçari, Bahia. [...] national coordinator of the Class Struggle Movement (MLC), Aroldo Félix, says.

On the morning of December 2, 2025, construction workers who work at BYD's construction sites in Camaçari held a protest in front of the factory, [...].

According to the letter of demands approved at the act and released by the organizers, workers from the outsourced companies Terra Construções, Falcão, Valtec, Engenova, Dongil and Segprime participated in the strike. In the document, they state that the objective was to denounce the precarious working conditions inside the factory and list 11 points [...].

In an interview [...], Aroldo Félix [...] reports that the main complaint involves the sanitary infrastructure of the construction site. He says that the number of chemical toilets is insufficient for the contingent of outsourced workers on the site. [...].

low salary aggravates the feeling of injustice. "The salary of the helpers is around R$ 1,500 [...]."

[...] the automaker BYD rejected the complaint. He said that the statement that there are only "six bathrooms for two thousand workers" in the expansion works of the Camaçari-BA plant is false.

The company also states that "those responsible for the demonstrations are part of a political movement and not a union entity". BYD guarantees that the demonstrations did not cause a stoppage of activities. [...].

[...] the company informs that it is in permanent contact with the service providers, always with the objective of inspecting and contributing to improvements that enable the well-being of the employees who work in the works.

The companies Terra Construções, Falcão, Valtec, Engenova, Dongil and Segprime were also contacted, but have not responded so far. [...].