Probe Brazil Chicken Workers' Rights, South African Govt Urged

The South African Poultry Association has asked the government to investigate the conditions under which Brazilian chicken workers are employed, after a report revealed that thousands of workers in Brazil's meat and poultry sectors were victims of forced labour and inhumane working conditions.

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