dazerl@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 4 months agoAlabama is forcing incarcerated people to work at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s. Unionizing is illegal. The state takes 40% of wages.cdn.imgchest.comvideomessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1videoAlabama is forcing incarcerated people to work at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s. Unionizing is illegal. The state takes 40% of wages.cdn.imgchest.comdazerl@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareLedivin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThey get a whole 3/5 of their wages!
minus-squareLaurel Raven@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIt isn’t, this is how they get around it, and literally wrote into the amendment banning slavery to leave a carve out for prisoners
minus-squareWest_of_West@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoCould also explain why prisons are such a big industry in the US
And how is that different from slavery?
They get a whole 3/5 of their wages!
It isn’t, this is how they get around it, and literally wrote into the amendment banning slavery to leave a carve out for prisoners
Could also explain why prisons are such a big industry in the US