Comment on 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.

JustJack23@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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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  • West_of_West@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • Sineljora@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      All of our 401ks invest in it.

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    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      also to put them in perpetually low wage jobs, where they cant complain, much like they do with Immigrants.

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• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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• Ledivin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They get a whole 3/5 of their wages!

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  • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I see what you did there

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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