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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

AllaN01Bear

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3. prison labour has been equated to slavery for a very long time .

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Tue Jan 30, 2024, 09:43 AM

Jan 2024

many of us do not remember the chain gangs that built roads , etc.

https://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/chain-gangs/
A wide variety of companies such as Whole Foods, McDonald's, Target, IBM, Texas Instruments, Boeing, Nordstrom, Intel, Wal-Mart, Victoria's Secret, Aramark, AT&T, BP, Starbucks, Microsoft, Nike, Honda, Macy's and Sprint and many more actively participated in prison in-sourcing throughout the 1990s and 2000s.

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Takeaways from the AP's investigation into how US prison labor supports many popular food brands [View all] Omaha Steve Jan 2024 OP

When workers are entitled to the fruits of their labor, forced babymaking will be a known occupation bucolic_frolic Jan 2024 #1

My son, a federal inmate, was cost accountant for goods bought by US military, defense contractors duhneece Jan 2024 #2

prison labour has been equated to slavery for a very long time . AllaN01Bear Jan 2024 #3

It's not equated to slave labor it is slave labor. Black History Month should be spent repealing this law. live love laugh Jan 2024 #8

Prison labor is slavery Farmer-Rick Jan 2024 #4

The greed never ends Joinfortmill Jan 2024 #5

Has anyone ever received a telemarketing call from a prisoner? SouthernDem4ever Jan 2024 #6

No wonder the great white ariens are so afraid of the truth being told. 1WorldHope Jan 2024 #7