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Auditing firm distances itself from German car maker VW’s China plant in Xinjiang, a region where rights groups documented abuses including mass forced labour in detention camps (feddit.de)

submitted 2 years ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

using slave labour and still managing to be less price competitive than other brands?

impressive.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Volkswagen using forced labor? Again?

[–] federalreverse@feddit.de 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If you read beyind the headline, it's a bit of an exaggeration to say the auditing firm is "distancing" from the report. They're basically saying "we found nothing but we have not looked too deeply either, please re-audit soon."

[–] CJOtheReal@ani.social 11 points 2 years ago

Man i would like to just slap everyone responsible for putting any of our company's facilities into china or selling parts to China.

[–] bunnyfc@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

VW returning to its roots