Samsung Sued for $108 Million by Brazilian Ministry of Labor

Brazilian prosecutors are in the process of filing a lawsuit for approximately $108 million against the South Korea-based tech company Samsung, citing labor rights violations in one of the company's factories.

According to a report from Reporter Brasil, a watchdog agency focusing on labor rights in Brazil, the country's Ministry of Labor filed a public civil action suit Friday after conducting inspections in 2011 and 2013, listing a variety of poor working condition in the free economic zone of Manaus, in northern Brazil.

The report lists a variety of poor conditions at the factory, such as workers having to spend 10 to 15 hours on foot without a break, with one employee reportedly even working in those conditions for 27 days in a row. Read more...