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-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·4 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-up24·4 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.
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.