dazerl@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 5 days 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-square124fedilinkarrow-up11.05Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.04Karrow-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 · 5 days agomessage-square124fedilink
minus-squarefrostysauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up61arrow-down1·5 days agoUnionizing is NEVER illegal. Source: The thousands upon thousands of people that have died over the years for your right to organize.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up43·5 days agoAnd besides, what’re they gonna do, put them in prison?
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·5 days agoThe 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.
minus-squareUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·5 days agoSounds cruel and unusual
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoDefinitely cruel but not at all unusual. And as SCOTUS has determined, a punishment has to be both cruel and unusual to be unconstitutional.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agofor prisoners? pretty sure they cant unionize, and they wont be able to.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoLol. For prisoners; you wanna bet?
Unionizing is NEVER illegal. Source: The thousands upon thousands of people that have died over the years for your right to organize.
And besides, what’re they gonna do, put them in prison?
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.
Sounds cruel and unusual
Definitely cruel but not at all unusual. And as SCOTUS has determined, a punishment has to be both cruel and unusual to be unconstitutional.
lol, right?
for prisoners? pretty sure they cant unionize, and they wont be able to.
Lol. For prisoners; you wanna bet?