The list of women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault continues to grow. Three new women have publicly said they were victimized…
(via: thesocietypages.org) – American companies that once looked to places like Mexico and China for cheap labor are bringing those jobs back to the U.S. Why? Because prison labor is much, much cheaper. Paid between 93¢ and $4.73 per day, and collecting no benefits, prisoners are a cheap labor source for about 100 companies (source). […]
Georgia officials are setting their sights on a pool of workers many companies across the world take advantage of to help their severe farm labor gap: prisoners. Many of the immigrants workers who work on these farms came through a federal guest worker program. But there is currently a labor shortage and the state may […]
If you thought slavery or human exploitation was over, think again. Many human rights organizations are condemining what they call human slavery in which Wall Street investors and big companies are investing in the prison industry as they don’t have to worry about strikes, vacations, compensation time or unemployment insurance. They dont have to deal […]
