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.

frostysauce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  And besides, what’re they gonna do, put them in prison?

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  • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The video gets into this a bit; what the workers are threatened with for not working is stuff like being put in a more dangerous environment and not being able to see their families.

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    • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Sounds cruel and unusual

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      • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Definitely cruel but not at all unusual. And as SCOTUS has determined, a punishment has to be both cruel and unusual to be unconstitutional.

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  • frostysauce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    lol, right?

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• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  for prisoners? pretty sure they cant unionize, and they wont be able to.

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• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Lol. For prisoners; you wanna bet?

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