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dazerl@lemmy.worldBanned to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 3 个月前

Alabama is forcing incarcerated people to work at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s. Unionizing is illegal. The state takes 40% of wages.

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Alabama is forcing incarcerated people to work at hundreds of companies, including McDonald’s & Wendy’s. Unionizing is illegal. The state takes 40% of wages.

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  • Jack@slrpnk.net
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    And how is that different from slavery?

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      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

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        Could also explain why prisons are such a big industry in the US

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          All of our 401ks invest in it.

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          also to put them in perpetually low wage jobs, where they cant complain, much like they do with Immigrants. and to live them socioeconomically disadvantaged for generations with no way to lift them out of.

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      They get a whole 3/5 of their wages!

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        I see what you did there

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      it is slavery with extra steps, and to say its “not like slavery”

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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.

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  • All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
  • Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
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