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[–] sharedburdens@hexbear.net 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"The employees are paid above average and have little to do," Loening said, noting that the plant was only used for "technical commissioning and deliveries to dealers in the region".

"We were unable to identify any special security measures," he added.

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[–] Rom@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago

So they're not only given jobs but they're chill jobs with decent wages? Damn I wish China would genocide me xi-plz

[–] Vampire@hexbear.net 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure we can trust Volkswagen

[–] CrushKillDestroySwag@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago

Yeah this particular piece of data isn't gonna go on top of my list lmao. Major corporate audits like this also frequently find that they're not culpable for child labor when they are, shit like that.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

China providing full employment to Uighurs: genocide

Israel committing war crimes on a captive population: ???

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago

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[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Is this one of those "the police department has investigated the police department and found no acts of wrongdoing"?

Volkswagen has long come under pressure over its factory in Urumqi

An audit commissioned by Volkswagen found no evidence of forced labour

[–] livus@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

"The employees are paid above average and have little to do,"

That's overselling it.