dazerl@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 3 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-square124linkfedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down110
arrow-up11.03Karrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square124linkfedilink
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·3 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-up24·3 days agoSounds cruel and unusual
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 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.