JBS violated the rights of Kaingáng Indigenous workers, according to a Public Civil Action filed by the Labor Prosecutor’s Office (Ministério Público do Trabalho – MPT). The company dismissed 40 Kaingáng individuals at once from the Seara meatpacking plant—a JBS subsidiary—in the city of Seara, Santa Catarina, during the escalation of Covid-19 cases. The mass dismissal included Indigenous workers who were under clinical monitoring, including pregnant women who were already on medical leave.